Between this and the Headlight situation, it's bad out there. One of those issues where the two-party politics are really toxic and prevent any action.
Realistically, we need a new license class for vehicles >3T. This would mean anything from the biggest F-150 on up. It doesn't have to be any harder to get than a motorcycle cert, but we should put some burden on the driver to show that they know how to handle a big vehicle.
That and a common sense rule on headlights could get pedestrian deaths back where they were a decade ago.
Between this and the Headlight situation, it's bad out there. One of those issues where the two-party politics are really toxic and prevent any action.
Realistically, we need a new license class for vehicles >3T. This would mean anything from the biggest F-150 on up. It doesn't have to be any harder to get than a motorcycle cert, but we should put some burden on the driver to show that they know how to handle a big vehicle.
That and a common sense rule on headlights could get pedestrian deaths back where they were a decade ago.
You can tell by a comment's content whether the user drives a normal car or monster suv/truck lol.
The NYT article they link to is worth looking at, and I believe it's free for everyone: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/21/us/trucks-suv...
(this is at the merged thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48648727 - and there's an additional gift link in the top text for people hitting the wall)
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623347
Ok, since that submission has the original source, we'll merge the comments thither and re-up it.
It is like an arms race :)
people who went to large SUVs got better views and a greater false sense of security. Soon everyone was driving the same size SUV.
So what happens, people way bigger, the everyone is buying bigger. Rinse and Repeat. Something has to be done to stop this.
[dupe]
Discussion on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623347