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Tab Combs (drtcombs@transportation.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 05:22:57 JST Tab Combs

The kid's grown six inches in two years and still isn't tall enough to be seen over the hood of these ridiculous death machines prowling our neighborhood streets.
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1. side-by-side photos. On the left, a red Chevy Silverado is parked on a sidewalk. In front of the truck's grille is a small child, not tall enough to reach the top of the grille. On the right, a white GMC Sierra parked on a neighborhood shared street (there are no sidewalks). In front of the truck's grille is the same small child, two years older, still not tall enough to reach the top of the grille.
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  Thomas Fuglseth (uglesett@snabelen.no)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 21:47:15 JST Thomas Fuglseth
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  1. A four panel comic by cartoonist Jen Sorensen titled "Height of Folly", about the growing size of trucks and suvs. Panel 1 shows ten kids sitting under a drawn sight line in front of an SUV. The text reads: "A recent consumer reports study found that ten children fit into the front end blind zone of an F-150 pickup - deadly frontover accidents have more than doubled since 2008" Panel 2 shows a small child on stilts and a baby crawling on four stilts on either side of an SUV seen from the front. The text is: "Obviously we need taller children. It's time for stilts" Panel 3: "Adult pedestrians should also meet height requirements". The drawing shows a woman crossing a pedestrian crossing in front of an SUV. Her head is barely below the radiator. A policeman is standing on stilts in front of her, saying: "Ma'am, I'm going to have to cite you for shortwalking" Panel 4: "As the trucks grow ever higher, we must rise to meet them!" The drawing shows two men facing each other. They are shown standing on stilts. Only the top of the stilts is shown, and only the sky is seen in the background. The man on the left says: "Uh, maybe we should try regulating vehicle sizes?" The man on the right replies: "Are you kidding? That would be ridiculous!"
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  Reiner Jung (prefec2@norden.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 21:47:17 JST Reiner Jung
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  @DrTCombs Well the kid is not growing fast enough. Maybe taller shoes or stilts are the way to go.
  We can obviously not build smaller cars because our core identity. So stilts is the way to go.
  
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  Ehqo (ehqo@social.lol)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 23:18:17 JST Ehqo
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  @DrTCombs lest we not forget this lovely diagram 🫠
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  1. The image contains line drawings of various large vehicles including a main battle tank, several trucks, and a semi truck, compared with human figures for scale, annotated with measurements for height and vehicle length. All showing the fact that most modern trucks have poor visibility for children in front of them.
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