afilina, 2 months ago

@jensorensen I wonder what they're compensating for.

dascandy42, 2 months ago

@jensorensen I'm 6'5" and I found a car in the US last year where I couldn't see onto the hood.

peterbrown, 1 year ago

@jensorensen we have large trucks in Europe as well, but they’re designed so the driver can see the road in front https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f1/17/95/f11795deb2d3730c986416a253a797e1.jpg

jensorensen, 1 year ago

@peterbrown Those are so much better, not to mention less menacing-looking! I was in the Netherlands a few months ago, and the absence of truck grilles as tall as I am was refreshing.

dascandy42, 2 months ago

@jensorensen @peterbrown I think the average car height in NL is about the average hood height in the US.

mmalc, 2 months ago

@dascandy42 @jensorensen @peterbrown

Seems about right

dascandy42, 2 months ago

@mmalc @jensorensen @peterbrown

> The hood height of some of the most popular trucks on the roads today like Ford’s F-250, the Chevy Silverado and the Ram 1500 come in at 55 inches.

> a typical car in the UK measures around 4399mm long, 1821mm wide, and 1534mm tall

Which is about 60.4 inches. So there's still 5.4 inches between the average hood of an American truck and the top of the roof of an average European car.