Another effect these oversized vehicles have is that they are generally safer for the occupants in the event of a crash, which means the driver doesn’t have to worry about their safety or self-preservation as much, which means they crash into things more often from not paying close attention to their surroundings.
Unfortunately the rest of us who may get hit by one of these oversized vehichles don’t have the luxury of being safer and not dying.
Yeah it’s kind of an arm’s race with people feeling they need to be the biggest thing on the road to feel safe. I’ve driven a few larger vehicles as airport rentals when they had nothing else in stock, and I’ve noticed they also tend to have a lot more blind spots than what I’m used to.
I remember when I was taking lessons, my instructor said I should think of the airbag as being a spring-loaded spike that will impale you if you screw up. I guess he was trying to impress on me that it’s not good to feel safe and smug when you’re driving? And actually, I’ve read since that air bags can be pretty violent when they go off, so he may not have been as far from the truth as I thought?
Another effect these oversized vehicles have is that they are generally safer for the occupants in the event of a crash, which means the driver doesn’t have to worry about their safety or self-preservation as much, which means they crash into things more often from not paying close attention to their surroundings.
Unfortunately the rest of us who may get hit by one of these oversized vehichles don’t have the luxury of being safer and not dying.
Yeah it’s kind of an arm’s race with people feeling they need to be the biggest thing on the road to feel safe. I’ve driven a few larger vehicles as airport rentals when they had nothing else in stock, and I’ve noticed they also tend to have a lot more blind spots than what I’m used to.
I remember when I was taking lessons, my instructor said I should think of the airbag as being a spring-loaded spike that will impale you if you screw up. I guess he was trying to impress on me that it’s not good to feel safe and smug when you’re driving? And actually, I’ve read since that air bags can be pretty violent when they go off, so he may not have been as far from the truth as I thought?