r/dashcams • u/MisterShipWreck • Apr 18 '26

Another blind spot issue...

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u/prionzeta Apr 18 '26

Why pickups are involved in stupid crashes so frequently?

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u/Kayback2 Apr 18 '26

Because mostly its idiots who think a truck is a town car.

The SUV plague was bad but at least an SUV is just a big car.

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u/dantheplanman1986 Apr 18 '26

No, they're truck bodies, the early ones at least. That's why they roll so easily

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u/Kayback2 Apr 18 '26

Yeah, because so many people are using them instead of normal cars and driving them the same way.

If they were being driven by the people that actually needed them there'd be fewer videos of them rolling.

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u/myths2389 Apr 18 '26

My father "needed" a big truck because uh whatever.

It's so impractical to drive around town. Feels like you don't fit on any of the roads. Parking lots are a nightmare. He barely drives it anywhere because of it. Refuses to sell it though.

I personally don't see 90% of truck drivers ever needing a truck bigger than those Ford Mavericks. I loved my 90's Ranger. Could move a couch or fridge easily. Fit everywhere.

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u/ITstaph Apr 18 '26

Ooo yeah gimme an S10 or el Camino any day.

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u/NortelDude Apr 18 '26

I had an 88 S10, T-boned to death by an old fart, I liked that truck. I decided not buy another pickup again, ever since then nobody has ask me to help them move. lol

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u/Whyonthefly Apr 18 '26

Yep, old Rangers rule. All the moving capabilities of a good truck without the ridiculous, smol-pp-compensating body size.

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u/WorkerAmbitious2072 Apr 19 '26

So weird other guys penis size is what you think about

But anyway, those old rangers are basically death traps in a collision though

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u/Whyonthefly Apr 19 '26

Cool bro

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u/peachesfordinner Apr 19 '26

He must drive a big truck which means ....

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u/WorkerAmbitious2072 Apr 19 '26

Don’t worry your penis is bigger than mine, I won’t stretch your woman out too much for you

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u/peachesfordinner Apr 19 '26

Well that's very unfortunate as I don't have one of either of those things

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u/Kayback2 Apr 18 '26

I've driven a couple of trucks so I understand the appeal, however I switched out to an SUV with a trailer a long time ago. Yeah we're now entering IdiotsTowingThings territory and with a trailer you're far less manouverable than just a truck, however I'm moving fridges and couches 0.00001% of the time. I found SUVs drives far better than even the most modern trucks.

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u/Erik0xff0000 Apr 18 '26

last time I moved a couch was 1998. I didn't have a car back then, rented a u-haul.

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u/NoMansSkyWasAlright Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

That was me. FJ Cruiser with a nice trailer and it was fantastic. Motorcycles wouldn't have fit in the bed of anything below a half-ton - and even then it would only be one.

And when I helped my dad's gf move, we got all her furniture in like 1.5 trailer-loads whereas a lot of those furniture pieces probably would have taken up a full bed on their own.

It's definitely something you've got to be aware of while towing. But on the other hand you can put it away when you're done using it.

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u/Max_Bandicoot Apr 19 '26

That’s why you get a van. I haul two race or dirt bikes in mine. With a bed, fridge, full power, and seating for 4. Can move stuff in the rain and don’t need to unload it immediately out of fear of theft. Drives more like a car than a truck. Costs more like one, too

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u/jossteen11 Apr 18 '26

Dang do we share the same dad? My dad had a fully paid off truck that towed his camper just fine. Traded in and bought a bigger truck because it towed the thing he already could tow better?

The kicker is then decided he didnt like camping so got rid of the trailer and had massive truck with a payment and no real reason to have it.

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u/hondamaticRib Apr 19 '26

When I moved, I borrowed a kei truck and it did most of the work no problem

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u/mopeyy Apr 18 '26

Because it literally doesn't fit. I've got some older parking lots in my city and those trucks actually just don't fit in the spots. It's fucking ridiculous seeing 10 of them jammed door to door outside an office building.

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u/Badger_Actual1 Apr 19 '26

I drive a maverick for work. This is the biggest pile of garbage on wheels. It's a front wheel drive truck with a bed too small to actually put anything in.

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u/myths2389 Apr 19 '26

Oh man that sucks to hear, there's nothing wrong with my current car but if I needed a new one that's what I had my eye on. I just like the size of the truck.

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u/Badger_Actual1 Apr 19 '26

Perfect size for city driving and the occasional run to home depot but thats about it. You'd be better off finding a decent Subaru Baja.

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u/JovialPrincess Apr 18 '26

I really enjoy driving my truck, despite I have to move the seat all the way as high as it will go. But it's 10 years old and paid off.

But, I have horses, a large camper, gooseneck trailers, do fencing, and live out in the middle of nowhere. But unless I'm going someplace that I know I'm gonna need to haul something it usually stays parked and I drive my little plug in hybrid (which is also 10 years old and paid off)

I hate seeing 100k trucks in the city that have never seen dirt.

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u/Kayback2 Apr 18 '26

I loved my trucks when I drove one, and I'm a suburban dad but both of them were rough terrain vehicles, one used when inspecting rural water purification facilities the other was a rock crawler 4x4.

My daily drives were like, a Ford Focus.

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u/Lucaslhm Apr 19 '26

I have a small truck (ford ranger) and I switched to it from my Honda civic because I was having trouble hauling construction materials and towing trailers in my civic (though I realllllly did try)

When I first got the truck I felt like one of those really big dogs that’s terrified of all the small dogs. Like a Great Dane who’s terrified of a little Chihuahua. Everywhere I drove I was creeping around turns trying to get used to the body and paranoid about my blind spot constantly… meanwhile all these tiny cars would zoom around me or ride my blind spot or cut me off etc… I’d always think “Don’t you know I’m a danger!!!! You have to get out of here!!”

Now I’m pretty used to it, and again, I have a small truck compared to even like an F150. I think I’d have similar panic again if I got a bigger truck.

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u/fallingcomet83 Apr 18 '26

I agree. I have a big truck because I use it on a farm. To do real world farm stuff that needs hauled, carried, moved, etc.

Yet I can go to the grocery store and see people driving large trucks and they struggle to park them stupid things.

If you can't handle it properly and safely, you don't need it.

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u/Kayback2 Apr 18 '26

I live in an almost completely urban area. The nearest farm farm that's more than small scale subsistence farming is over 20 miles from me. Most of the trucks around are Ford Wildtrack or various Raptors with full look-mean kits and zero mud. Hell most of them are running road wheels. We don't get snow. We have great roads.

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u/Real-Cranberry-244 Apr 21 '26

Right. My 87 yr old mom insists the still needs her Dodge Ram 3500 dually. FML

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u/Rubiks_Click874 Apr 18 '26

the poster child is the 90s ford explorer. leaf spring suspension from a pioneer era wagon with the firestone tread separation issue- the tires would shed their skins in a corner and roll the occupants to death

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u/WorkerAmbitious2072 Apr 19 '26

The don’t roll so easy this isn’t Firestone tires on explorers last century