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   Hoss Delgado (hoss@shitpost.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Sep-2024 00:52:15 JST Hoss Delgado
   However many cyclists are getting run over, it's not nearly enough. If you hit one make sure to reverse over it to make sure it's dead.
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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Sep-2024 00:52:12 JST djsumdog

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     • Susanna
     I'm a cyclist and I own a lifted Tacoma. I have no problem riding on the streets, and obeying traffic laws.
     
     People should also watch where they're going. Are we going to ban dump trucks because it's difficult to see pedestrians?
     
     I agree it's a dumb take, but for different reasons. Also for everyone who's like "hit a bicyclists," I hope someone rams a full bicycle up your ass and rapes you with it.
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     Susanna (susie@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Sep-2024 00:52:13 JST Susanna

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     @Hoss What a stupid take. The bicycles are big enough that these trucks CAN see them. Cyclers aren't trying to get them banned because they get run over. They are trying to get them banned because pedestrians and especially kids DO GET RUN OVER because people driving these literally can't see them.
     
     Why do you hate me and other Europeans whk can walk to places so much you want to murder us? Because your unpractical trucks? Just get normal pick up trucks you can see out of.
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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Sep-2024 22:44:02 JST djsumdog

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     • Susanna
     The height of the headlight doesn't matter. Headlights have a cutoff. Properly calibrated lights will have a maximum height of 2 inches below the center point of the enclosure at 25 ft. I had to do this recently for my WRX:
     
     https://battlepenguin.com/technology/updating-the-lighting-on-my-2006-subaru-wrx/#light-alignment
     
     Most (all?) light bars are not SAE compliant and shouldn't be used on-road.
     
     If you're getting blasted by a headlight, it's likely aftermarket and/or not installed correctly. This can happen with both car and truck headlights.
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     Birdulon (birdulon@shpposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Sep-2024 22:44:04 JST Birdulon

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     • Susanna
     @djsumdog @susie @Hoss >Are we going to ban dump trucks because it's difficult to see pedestrians?
     If someone tried to normalize the worst drivers on the road importing dump trucks for their daily commute, I would consider firebombing their residence. It's bad enough that SUVs are allowed to proliferate with regular headlights higher than I'm allowed to mount a lightbar on a real car.
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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 01:09:13 JST djsumdog

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     • Birdulon
     • Susanna
     huh ... interesting ... well I commend you for doing the numbers. That's very enlightening (oh hey, a pun!).
     
     I still love having my truck though. Keeping her forever.
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     Birdulon (birdulon@shpposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 01:09:15 JST Birdulon

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     • Susanna
     @djsumdog @susie @Hoss >The height of the headlight doesn't matter. Headlights have a cutoff. Properly calibrated lights will have a maximum height of 2 inches below the center point of the enclosure at 25 ft.
     Right, so prescribed rise/run of -2/300. Random glance shows cali had a permissible headlight height of 22~54 inches above ground, which translates to beams reaching 275~675 ft forward, but more importantly, I just measured my old camry's rear windscreen and it's about 43 inches above ground, so a 54inch high headlight is legally allowed to flood through it from 125ft away. FWIW they're allowed to be 59inches off the ground in various australian states.
     
     >If you're getting blasted by a headlight, it's likely aftermarket and/or not installed correctly.
     The frequency with which I noticed it from recent year SUVs half a decade ago lead me to believe it was stock. I haven't measured an SUV's headlight height and a few minutes of searching just had people avoiding the absolute numbers to talk about the relative drop requirement so I can't be bothered verifying if they actually are 50inches high, but it appears that it is perfectly legal for them to be high enough to pose a problem for cars.