alot of people are telling you to just leave. But I’ll deviate and just ask you to try to open up your political and world views. I realize you may be trying to find venues where you can avoid “politically” uncomfortable topics, but the same people you are discarding are your neighbors, friends, and maybe even your…

funny enough, not having respect for others is the quickest way for me to lose respect for someone....

Why did you post a picture of a downtown that should be pedestrian oriented to try and strengthen your point? A right on red situation would be one where that might be more acceptable is where there are no pedestrian / vehicle interaction possibilities. 

I’m not sure I buy your loss of vision argument due to taller bed sides. You still have better vision than if a mid-size to full size SUV/crossover were parked next to you. And your vision from behind would be the same vs an expedition etc. I guess your argument is the truck is longer, but i’m still skeptical. 

I get the sentiment, but do we really expect anybody to spend the money better? Like it takes years for my city council to figure out how the hell to do a traffic study. JUST THE STUDY. Not the actual improvements. Handing them more money isn’t going to fix how incompetent they are.

And in the grand scheme of things…

If it takes medium duty trucks off the road? yeah. Those things tear up curbs like no one else, and are often driven by lunatics with poor CDLs. 

Bed deck height (above bumper) is 36" on current gen F series trucks. That is 10" higher than it was on F100 (1950's) series trucks. (Which if you do construction work, you are thankful for in the field). Your 300's roofline is at 59" high. The first gen corvette was about 7.5" shorter than your 300 at 51.5". So I’d…

I mean it is fair that you recognize the hyperbole. I looked at this in depth a long while back, overall, the trucks size barely increased compared to similar vehicles in the 90’s. The key difference is that we’ve made them “taller” in appearance with addition of air damns, the use of a flatter hood, and the…

I don’t see the issue here. We shouldn’t be using cities to commute between other cities.

lots of context missing from your statement. Were you looking at a Silverado HD? one with 4x4? a specific trim package? what % of Silverado sales equate to the trim you saw? Saying all trucks are huge is a too broad a brush.

That also said, I’m not sure there is any specific evidence that a taller vehicle traveling at…

This is the dumbest way to set speed limits. Mostly because this has nothing to do with the basic design / intent of the roads. The speed of the road should be dictated by its use / location. Which CHANGES. As an area because more dense, then speed needs to decrease. Lanes get narrower, and pedestrian & local rule…

Yeah, a better way to say it is that surveying & gps isn’t a real “solution.” I think I was saying that “GPS isn’t the thing we can use to fix that issue.” You are 100% correct, in the situation you report, and it is a byproduct of a lack of universal and accurate mapping / surveying, and just how poor GPS signals can…

In their defense there most counties and DOTs lack digital maps and surveys of their roads. And also have no way / process to maintain or update them. A major city usually employs a whole department whose sole job is to update the maps. And they have a high degree of inaccuracy. 

I think alot of what the NTSB is saying is we need devices that can start there. Right now there is no reliable OEM system that is easily enabled that can add restrictions to those who abuse the system.

To me that would be a big step forward. Give judges / cops, the tool to lock down the speed of the worst offenders.…

That is doable. Just give the track / manager a revocable license backed by a hefty insurance policy. They can lock / unlock the governor. And if they fail to re-lock a governor, or get caught using off a track.. then severe consequences. Like jail time consequences.

It’s a form of distributed responsibility similar…

the first step is we stop building car centric cities. And I’m not talking about mass transit or junk. Just change the zoning so we can build less parking, slower roads, put buildings closer together and denser. You’ll see alot fewer idiots driving high or drunk, because they don’t HAVE to drive to get anywhere.

Valid issue, but definitely solvable. GPS took a long time to understand / update with the new express lane added to I-85 N in ATL.

As someone who has worked with GIS, GPS, and surveying this isn’t a real problem. Plus an overall governor that limits vehicles to say 95 in all circumstances could be the first step.

I…

stop insisting we design car centric cities so everyone feels the need to drive. Then we can talk about how easy it is to keep idiots off the road.

I’m waiting for an example. Even limiting to 95 is fine.

Disagree. This is far past overdue.