DOT Researchers Suggested a Way to Make Big Trucks Safer. After Meeting With Lobbyists, Agency Officials Rejected the Idea.
https://www.propublica.org/article/dot-rejected-truck-side-guards-trucking-lobbyists-safety
https://www.propublica.org/article/dot-rejected-truck-side-guards-trucking-lobbyists-safety
7 Comments
Hypersapien@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y
Holy shit I hate America.
abraham_linksys@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
Love of cars is unfortunately bipartisan in America.
hollywoodhoogle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Do you have a link? Interested in seeing what the device was
Hypersapien@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
OP linked to the article
hollywoodhoogle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Oh. Now I see it. Mobile view is misleading Thanks
Tb0n3@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 3y
Why make it more difficult to get around when you could just let people learn not to go under enormous mountains of steel? Honestly there are reasons why adding more stuff to trailers will make things more difficult. There's lots of places I've delivered to where I'd have gotten stuck, and all that stuff adds more weight which means less efficient transport and more emissions.
InsertD1sk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Did you miss the part where it said dozens of countries have these? My country has these and nobody bats an eye