• ErwinLottemann@feddit.de
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    2 years ago

    what about trucks? should these rails not work for big trucks? or are trucks a minority?

    edit: trucks like the ones that transport goods not rednecks

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I don’t think there’s a way to make it work for both cases.

      It’s actually important that the rail gives in and deforms, as this reduces a cars energy much more quickly and safely than if it were rigid. Unfortunately this also makes them much less effective for larger vehicles.

      In the end, it’s a question of protecting as many people as well as possible.

    • Zanz@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Trucks are commercial vehicles. People driving commercial vehicles should be professionals and we should have required a commercial class c license for all light duty pickup trucks or SUVs. Anything that gets an emissions credit so they can have lower MPG for being a commercial vehicle should also be classed as a commercial vehicle for licensing purposes.