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[–] EnsignRedshirt@hexbear.net 62 points 2 years ago

As vehicles get larger, due to entirely natural processes beyond our control,

[–] Aryuproudomenowdaddy@hexbear.net 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ford's efforts with this design apparently focus on deflection as a result.

Flying 50 ft through the air before skidding across the pavement for another 20, but at least I wasn't turned to paste by the frontal wall of a Ford F150

[–] CarsAndComrades@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One step closer to having street-legal bumper cars

playing pinball with the kei cars

getting punched in the face with an airbag shortly before getting run over by a truck

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

pocket brick was something a coworker and i thought of for our daily commute of riding bicycles in an urban environment. Like a brick just big enough to slide into your back pocket so that it was within easy reach to throw at cars.

PocketBrick ^TM^ ... Just In Time For Xmas!

[–] Futterbinger@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

Can't wait to get yeeted across an intersection by a bumper airbag.

[–] CarmineCatboy@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

Ford to install Woke Implosion Mechanisms on their Otherwise Patriotic 120ton pickup trucks.

[–] Elon_Musk@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

Multiple cars already have a similar system that fires the hood upward to cushion any pedestrians you hit. Including the 2007+ Nissan GTR. https://www.nissan-global.com/EN/INNOVATION/TECHNOLOGY/ARCHIVE/PUEHFPP/

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago
[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

If the evil tankie turbo communists won, they would do something freedom destroying like limiting the size of the suburban assault vehicles while drastically expanding mass transit and making cities walkable. sicko-satan

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Yes, they should mandate these federally, and also mandate that they squeak funny-clown-hammer

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

I've always wondered why we don't have this

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

[–] buh@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

The fastest to solve this problem is to make the bumper out of enough dynamite to destroy the entire car and everyone in it

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Explosive Reactive Armor bricks for cars.

[–] pumpchilienthusiast@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago