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Pedestrians, already dying at record levels, now face Elon Musk’s Cybertruck (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There are no crumple zones. Like, I didn't realize that was even legal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Of course there are crumple zones. I have no idea why people are parroting this nonsense. Here's a video that explains it:

https://youtu.be/9ll2_BDZpI4

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Did you watch that video? There's no crumple zone! The front end bounces back off that wall almost immediately! When the host was saying he doesn't see a difference, there was a pretty big difference in how the cybertruck bounced backwards but the truck settled down.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i feel like, at most, it would be accurate to say "this has a rather bad crumple zone that is liable to turning you into chunky marinara on the interior of your car". by modern standards it's hilarious

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

So that doesn't really debunk the statement. Like the other comment says, the Cybertruck bounces a lot more than the F150. Tesla says the underside of the front end is designed to break apart, but from what I can see online the actual safety is still up in the air.