June 2022 --> February 2023. The kid has grown two inches. The trucks have grown even faster.
This is not fine.
#RoadSafety #VisionZero #VehicleSize #Trucks #RegulateVehiclesNow
@DrTCombs @slightlyflightyone I really don't like to have to be That Person, but in the second picture it's pretty obvious to me that those trucks are lifted slightly by being on on custom wheels & rubber. It's not clear whether the truck in the first picture has been customized in the same way, because it's purely face-on to the grille.
The comparison, and the argument made from it, is kind of invalidated by those ambiguities. :x
@dragonarchitect Then don't be that person? It's a deadly vehicle regardless.
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@DrTCombs @slightlyflightyone Crossovers, SUVs, and trucks on American roads are getting WAY too huge because federal fuel economy regulations (CAFE) are perversely incentivizing it.
This is a definite fact, and it's one that pisses me off, because I quite like my little car and I can't see for shit around all the giant things all over the road now.
I can't even see over some cars' trunks when backing out of parking spots now.
@dragonarchitect @DrTCombs @slightlyflightyone oh come off it.
Does it actually matter how the trucks grew? Manufactured or updated after market?
No. Real humans made a choice to take an oversized recreational vehicle and make it even larger, and real humans made a choice to not regulate such things.
@savanni @DrTCombs I would argue that it does matter, because it is misleading, whether intentionally or not.
If you want to show that trucks really are actually growing (which they are), you need to make the comparison between trucks that are unambiguously not modified to be even bigger than they are in stock form, or you need to compare trucks that have been identically modified so that the only variable is the generational growth of the vehicle.
@savanni @DrTCombs For the sake of confirming OP's argument with more rigorous evidence, here's an article comparing the 2018 vs. 2019 Chevy Silverado (same make & model as in OP's evidence; just older consecutive generations and the Class 1 non-HD versions), parked side-by-side in the same shot. They both appear (at least to my car-person eyes) to be stock-spec if not close enough to it to not be an ambiguous comparison.
https://www.eagleridgegm.com/comparison-2019-vs-2018-chevrolet-silverado-1500/
The size difference is quite obvious!
@savanni @DrTCombs The trucks compared in OP's photos are the Heavy Duty (HD) variants of the Silverado. The visual difference is largely subtle, but it's mostly in the bodywork head of the firewall and their higher ride height. They're even bigger than the non-HD versions!
Here's a YouTube video that compares the 2020 2500 HD vs. the 2020 1500 (non-HD). Same model, same year, different truck classes. Holy shit why do trucks have to be this big straight from factory???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q5JZ4WWmO8
@DrTCombs @slightlyflightyone I wholeheartedly agree with that claim. No debates there.
But I've seen a few too many similar-ish arguments to this one made where the image(s) used as proof had been altered or set up in such a way as to over-accentuate the comparison by exploiting most people's lack of knowledge about the actual sizes of the behemoths rolling on American roads today. That disingenuity is what bugs me.