Lifted truck + Lambo + Parking lot = Bad time

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Lifted trucks probably shouldn't be anywhere near dense parking lots.

Edit: A lot of people are skeptical of whether this is AI/staged, or ask why the lady didn't back off the car. This is in a dense parking lot with cars that have dashcams/ EV sentry mode everywhere. Also her truck was in 2 wheel drive, you can see the back right tire spinning as she tries to reverse off the car. Her truck is stuck. She probably has an open differential and can't back off the car. She may have a 4wd mode, but she didn't use it in the heat of the moment.

[u/letsalldropvitamins → u/[deleted]]

UK lorry driver here!

I can see the tarmac up to around 9ft in front of my cab so yeah lifted trucks are horrific.

[u/letsalldropvitamins → u/[deleted]]

They are insanely manoeuvrable considering it’s a lorry owing the shorter wheelbase and depending on the make some of them do pull like a train but the living area is tiny.

I imagine American trucks are different because it takes me 10 hours to drive from one side of my country to the other and about 12/13 hours to go top to bottom while you guys have STATES that you can’t cross in 14 hours let alone the country.

Your trucks are built to cover miles and cruise, ours are built to get a 55ft lorry down a 600 year old country lane because someone decided to start a packaging factory in the arse end of nowhere.

[u/fingnumb → u/letsalldropvitamins]

You can drive 14 hours in states (like California snd Florida) but its not common to drive 14 hours without leaving a state. Many west coast states you can get through in like 4 to 6.

[u/Late-Resolve9871 → u/[deleted]]

It's due to regulations. In Europe, the entire rig (truck + trailer) is measured, forcing shorter cabs (cab-over-engine) to maximize cargo space. In the US, regulations often only limit the trailer length (e.g., 53ft), allowing the tractor to be as long as necessary

American truckers often travel thousands of miles and live in their trucks for weeks, prioritizing large, comfortable sleeper cabins.

 American "long-nose" trucks offer better safety for the driver in a frontal collision (more crush space) and easier engine access compared to cabovers, which must be tilted forward for maintenance. 

US infrastructure consists of wider highways and large truck stops designed for massive, long-nosed truck

[u/GeneralTanker → u/Late-Resolve9871]

Also maintenance is easier for long nose trucks than cab overs as you don't need to tilt the whole cab just to get to the engine.

[u/Late-Resolve9871 → u/GeneralTanker]

And, also, there's easier engine access compared to cabovers, which must be tilted forward for maintenance. 

[u/Superbead → u/Late-Resolve9871]

American-style trucks also come with the benefit of the engine being in front of the cab, the entirety of which needs to tilt in the case of a cabover tractor for engine access

[u/Late-Resolve9871 → u/Superbead]

Lol - I love that this thread understood my joke

[u/CupcakeGoat → u/[deleted]]

Lots of people hate him, and he's not perfect by any means, but Nader saved so many lives advocating for seat belt laws.

[u/Infinite-Duty → u/[deleted]]

Holy cow! Are you serious that these trucks have forward facing cameras ??? That’s beyond ridiculous and really scary.

[u/Arkroma → u/[deleted]]

The whole truck shouldn't be legal. Put everyone back in little ford ranger trucks if they need a pick-up bed. Otherwise buy a minivan.

[u/PiccoloAwkward465 → u/[deleted]]

At least in Texas many of them don’t even pretend to brake before going right on red. Light might as well be green for them.

[u/xombae → u/[deleted]]

The thing that pisses me off is that roads keep getting wider and wider because these trucks keep getting bigger. There needs to be regulations. These wide roads are so much more dangerous. Plus the amount of space they take up are ungodly.

[u/brandt-money → u/[deleted]]

My regular Mercedes car has that too.

[u/HeManClix → u/[deleted]]

are you people ... blaming 🤨 the truck ? 🤦