This is why I get so damn angry when I see a modern day #pickup#truck or #SUV anywhere other than a farm or a construction site. And even then, there are safer options.
It's been obvious for a while now that the latest SUVs and pickup trucks, with their absurdly high front hoods, were deadly to pedestrians. But Justin Tyndall did the math to prove it.
"A 10 cm increase in front-end height causes a 22% increase in pedestrian fatality risk."
"A cap on front-end vehicle heights of 1.25 m would reduce annual US pedestrian deaths by [an estimated] 509."
The few #PickUp|s I saw were almost exclusively used by some contractors i.e. Gardeners who use them to haul some bags of dirt, Sand, Gravel or bushes and hedges to customers and throw dirty shovels on...
Hey #GearSquad, #guitar#pickup question:
Epi Dot 335 pickup upgrade. I think what it has are called "mudbuckers". Nice tone but no sparkle.
Wilkinsons are cheap but okay - I put them on another guitar and was fine with them, but for ten times more (about what I spent on the guitar), I could get Lollar Imperials or other schmancy PAFs.
So how much better are boutique PAFs for good, prickly highs?
No range anxiety, cheaper electric fueling at home, 4WD, can tow a trailer and can substitute for a home generator in storms like #hurricane Lee this weekend.
IMHO it's not enough to make #SUV's and obese #Pickup#trucks uncool, but I wished that #taxation would not just go by engine displacement * emissions class as is now in Germany, but by deadweight - maximum weight and useable volume.
Toyota Reveals Maverick-Sized Electric Pickup Concept We’ve Been Waiting For (www.thedrive.com)
Along with the electric Land Cruiser concept, Toyota also previewed a Ford Maverick-sized electric pickup.