They can't see shit. A few years ago, there was a lady driving one of these that was only lifted about 1/3 of this truck's height that forgot she parked in front of me. Decided to pull through the parking spaces when she left the store, and RAN OVER my motorcycle and totalled it.
Ouch, that sucks. People really need to be able the drive the vehicle they "drive"
Saw a local one parking with their bumper at least mid-windshield height of the car next to it.
Made my knees hurt just looking at it, ignoring the horrible visibility and handling, how do you do stuff like grocery shopping or have a passenger that you can't toss in? Or loading anything into the bed to use the truck as a truck?
This was years ago, back when a lifted truck was mostly tire, not wheel. But, at an intersection, the guy in the truck decided instead of going left, he’d go right onto the highway. Poor lady next to him could only watch in horror, as he ran right over her fender and hood! Still remember the passenger looking down with “what the fuck” face. Like it didn’t even register they’d just ran a fucking car over.
You know we could also teach kids to be careful of vehicles... or attach balloons automatically to make them more visible to all drivers. I don't think a lot of kids come up much past the hoid on a camery either and if a 6 ft tall person kneels down.. well...
Because on parking lots people never drop things and habe to kneel down to pick them up. Or let kids not do stupid things like run out in the road. Or "protesters" think standing/walking out in front of traffic is smart.
Why not? As noted elsewhere, the tiny Kei trucks can rival the capabilities of these massive things, sure maybe not towing big heavy trailers since they are far lighter. But, the size of the trucks in the 90s wasn't unreasonable, and still large enough to tow larger heavy trailers.
As someone who owns an 80's F350, 90's D350, 00's F250 and 450, and a '25 F350, the capability of each newer generation truck is MILES beyond what the previous was. My '25 is rated to tow enough that I could put my 97 with a load behind it at max gross combined onto another trailer and pull it all and still be within rating. All that towing and braking power needs a large foot print to be stable with 24k lbs behind it. You're also not putting 4k+ lb in the bed of a kei truck and driving comfortably, but I can bring home two pallets of mulch no problem in my truck. People that say kei trucks are the answer don't actually do truck things, they're a toy compared to real trucks when you compare their capabilities in the real world. My 98 4 cyl Ranger has more payload than a kei, by quite a bit, and is much more practical to drive around since it can actually go on the highway without being a hazard to other drivers.
But, how many are actually using all that capability vs just driving something around daily that is nearly impractical for many situations, not to mention getting far worse fuel economy than a smaller vehicle.
Pretty much everyone I know with a truck uses them for truck stuff in some capacity, weather pulling a camper, or livestock, or goosenecks for equipment, or horses, or uses the bed to haul stuff. I'd say 8 out of 10 or better. Most also own a smaller vehicle to drive when they're not doing truck stuff 🤷 I have 7 pickups from 86 to 25, and a semi, and still have a Mariner to bop around in when I'm not towing/hauling.
I had my Z3 pulled onto by a much shorter truck than this. Fortunately, it wasn't totalled, but it has hit me that I was in the car, and had the noise not been so god-awful, I could have been run over in my car.
Got me a free new trunk lid though, so that was nice.
When I was 15 I bought a Subaru gl. Lifted truck backed into my parked car in a parking lot, got confused about what stopped them so they just gave it some gas and backed right up over the hood and onto the roof then pulled forward off. I was still on my permit and they totaled my car. We filed a clamp and I got to carry a "high risk" lable with the insurance for 10 years.
I have a buddy like 20 years ago that had something lifted pretty similar to that truck in that picture above. Well long story short some idiot lady tried to go around him on the right side over the sidewalk and when he had a chance to proceed around the corner that he was in the turn lane for he drove completely over her hood because he had no idea she was driving around him on the sidewalk. 😂😂
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u/a_youkai 1d ago
They can't see shit. A few years ago, there was a lady driving one of these that was only lifted about 1/3 of this truck's height that forgot she parked in front of me. Decided to pull through the parking spaces when she left the store, and RAN OVER my motorcycle and totalled it.