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Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns - experts::The angular design of Tesla's Cybertruck has safety experts concerned that the electric pickup truck's stiff stainless-steel exoskeleton could hurt pedestrians and cyclists.

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[-] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 165 points 1 year ago

Gonna be real fun to see the crash test rating.

Without crumple zones, all of the kinetic energy goes into the occupants.

[-] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 79 points 1 year ago

OTOH it weighs almost 7000lbs (~3100kg) so it's going to plow through most of everything with its sheer mass.

[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 102 points 1 year ago

You'd be surprised how much a concrete pillar holding up an overpass can actually take. They don't break like in the movies, they are specifically designed to take big truck impacts and not fail. Anybody crashing a Cybertruck at highway speeds into one of those is instantly turned into red colored mashed potatoes.

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 29 points 1 year ago

Anybody crashing a Cybertruck at highway speeds into one of those is instantly turned into red colored mashed potatoes

Why does that sound delicious 😭

[-] jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

It is! In a pressure cooker, you can cook beets in a basket over a layer of potatoes and garlic cloves. The beet drippings turn the potatoes pinkish-red. Super fun for kids.

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case in point

We have barriers good enough to stop a fully-loaded semi in effectively zero distance.

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Go hit a 10"+ tree in a pickup and see how fast you stop. You can wander over and pick the engine up when it flies out the hood. The tree will loose some bark.

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[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago

I thought a car had to have that before it went on sale?

[-] Cornpop@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Believe it or not in the USA it’s actually based off of self compliance in the USA. There is no specific government body that has a standardized test that they have to pass to be made legal. The manufacture gets to make that decision themselves, then if there is an issue that the government finds later they can be pulled from the road.

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[-] Chreutz@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

I know it's fun to bash Tesla every now and then for their ridiculous things.

But do you really think, after making 4 vehicles with top of the line safety, that they will just say 'eh, fuck it' with the cybertruck?

It's an aluminum casting base construction, just like the Model Y, so why would there be no crumble zones?

[-] PatFussy@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago

Because they wanted it to be bullet proof.

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[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

There are crumple zones, they’re just not as big as those in competing trucks. But yeah, the safety comparison is probably negligible, what really makes me think it’s a bad truck is the design of the bed. It’s got slanted walls. That really limits what you can haul and how you can get it into the bed.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago

Let's be real. No one is hauling anything in this truck. In my experience the more expensive truckk the less its actually used for anything.

The entire cybertruck fleet hauling completed by 2030 is probably the equivalent to one year of 01 Nissan Frontiers...

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[-] tigerjerusalem@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

That actually would be on brand for Musk.

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 97 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Seriously, having been hit by a fairly rounded Impreza at low speed that still did significant damage, I'm shivering at the thought of what these edges would do to soft tissue and bone in the same conditions. The pressure at the contact points would be dramatically higher.

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago
[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

Holy shit you were the driver?

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Well, I drive an Impreza and I did hit a pedestrian at low speed several years ago, so probably.

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[-] Eideen@lemmy.world 74 points 1 year ago

That is what you get when you slack on pedestrian safety. This a regulations problem, not a Tesla problem.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/12/07/while-other-countries-mandate-safer-car-designs-for-pedestrians-america-does-nothing

However, under the federal government’s current safety rating system, known as the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), almost every vehicle gets a four- or five-star rating. That’s because the system only takes into account the safety of those within cars, not all the people walking, pushing strollers, biking, or taking transit outside them.

https://nacto.org/2022/05/24/why-the-u-s-gives-monster-suvs-five-star-safety-ratings-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/

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[-] SpaceBishop@lemmy.zip 66 points 1 year ago

could hurt pedestrians and cyclists

I dare you to convince me that anyone still buying Tesla would not see that as a benefit. That's going to be the number one selling point of this thing after articles like this make their rounds.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 20 points 1 year ago

I am a Tesla owner and a cyclist. It's not a benefit.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Did you buy your Tesla since Elmo when full fash, and would you buy one now if you didn't have one already?

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[-] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

It looks exactly like a 'rad car' that I doodled in my social studies notebook after slamming two bottles of Robitussin.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

You should take Tesla to court for stealing your idea

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[-] jerryh100@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

That front trunk just looks like a guillotine

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[-] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

I don't like Teslas, Musk or the cyber truck but it can't be any more dangerous than the 4 ft wall of radiator traditional pickups have now. Not saying this isn't a concern but I am way more concerned about the millions of pedestrian crushing rolling walls already on the road.

[-] imaqtpie@lemmy.myserv.one 31 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure it actually is significantly more dangerous. The front end of traditional pickups will still crumple and absorb a great deal of force. If the cybertruck is more rigid and the sharp edges have a potential to gash pedestrians on impact, that's two factors that don't apply to current pickups.

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[-] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago

Your wording makes it sound like the existence of even more dangerous trucks somehow excuses this dangerous truck. Both the 4 ft wall and the sharp metal blade edges are dangerous and irresponsible designs.

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[-] jonne@infosec.pub 20 points 1 year ago

And those are largely banned from the EU as well. The issue is the lack of regulation in the US, it's killing pedestrians daily.

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[-] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

Again, this whole thing smacks of some entitled person (hmmm, who though?) who knows nothing, making design decisions that are stupid and self indulgent.

I call it “The Homer”, just like the episode where Homer designed a car. You know the result…

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[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Hey, I know you're disappointed by the lack of Autopilot™, but look on the bright side, every Cybertruck comes standard with our patented Child Buster™ technology to cast those little shits into the depths hell where they belong!"

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[-] filister@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I hope this monstrosity will never be approved in Europe. Imagine the impact passengers of a Twingo or any other small city cat will experience in the unfortunate case of a head collision

[-] Species8472@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 year ago

Safety concerns...who would have thought? This cannot be an actual recent concern. Everybody could see the safety issues from the day it was unveiled...

Good thing safety regulation is the reason why we hopefully will not see this monstrosity on EU roads.

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[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Here we go again, trying to shame a narcissist out of doing the thing he was doing to get you to react by shaming him.

[-] grte@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago

If you ever felt like your truck didn't look and drive enough like a prep counter, Elon Musk has got your back.

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[-] Muhr@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Pretty easy to solve. Just pay those experts to stfu. Shouldn't be a problem for musk

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago

How long till these things are all sitting in random scrappers in the Mojave?

[-] Ainiriand@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Meme car is real.

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