Move over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehiclesWilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 828 points – 5 months agonbcnews.com288Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentWhat makes you think it's not safe?Thin steel frame, no air bags, no crumple zones. Check out the crash tests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roLcNwRi1Sk&t=40sWow, the Kei truck does not fare well at all in that offset test! OuchHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://www.piped.video/watch?v=roLcNwRi1Sk&t=40s Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.1 more...Just added something about that - articles & crash tests over the years. Was interested in little vehicles myself. Intrigued seeing them on college campuses.1 more...
What makes you think it's not safe?Thin steel frame, no air bags, no crumple zones. Check out the crash tests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roLcNwRi1Sk&t=40sWow, the Kei truck does not fare well at all in that offset test! OuchHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://www.piped.video/watch?v=roLcNwRi1Sk&t=40s Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.1 more...Just added something about that - articles & crash tests over the years. Was interested in little vehicles myself. Intrigued seeing them on college campuses.1 more...
Thin steel frame, no air bags, no crumple zones. Check out the crash tests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roLcNwRi1Sk&t=40sWow, the Kei truck does not fare well at all in that offset test! OuchHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://www.piped.video/watch?v=roLcNwRi1Sk&t=40s Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.1 more...
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://www.piped.video/watch?v=roLcNwRi1Sk&t=40s Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Just added something about that - articles & crash tests over the years. Was interested in little vehicles myself. Intrigued seeing them on college campuses.
What makes you think it's not safe?
Thin steel frame, no air bags, no crumple zones.
Check out the crash tests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roLcNwRi1Sk&t=40s
Wow, the Kei truck does not fare well at all in that offset test!
Ouch
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/watch?v=roLcNwRi1Sk&t=40s
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Just added something about that - articles & crash tests over the years. Was interested in little vehicles myself. Intrigued seeing them on college campuses.