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Charles Bastille's avatar

When I lived in Texas, they also all had those ginornmous bumper guards designed for law enforcement. I don't see those so much in Georgia, where I live now. Got hit from behind by one of these jerks in Austin. Luckily, very slowly, so no major damage done, but they're designed to take you out.

Luckily, some good news: The U.S. Department of Transportation is issuing new regulations designed to address oversized vehicles in light of statistics that show a significant increase in injuries and deaths from people in smaller vehicles.

The USDT is taking an interesting approach by focusing on the design of the front slope of the vehicles such that it makes it structurally difficult to design a vehicle that can meet safety requirements by accommodating the new design requirements in a vehicle over a certain size. The agency is addressing the slope of the front of the vehicles because the drivers of the vehicles can't see pedestrians in front of them.

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Sandra Waide's avatar

On the 2-lane road in front of our neighborhood, we hear them first, followed by them roaring past. First words that we say to each other is “teeny peeny”. Sometimes they fool us and it turns out to be a souped-up Dodge Charger, but it’s usually an oversized pickup. They aren’t fooling us with their display of non-existent manhood.

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