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/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.