I’ve been looking at Japanese kei trucks, at half the size and much lower, and can tell you there is nothing in this world other than that safety feature that would have saved that child. Even riding a bicycle at the same speed I would most definitely have fucked up that kid.
After that, we traded in my wife’s 2018 Subura Legacy, fully paid off, for a 2024 Suburu Legacy that was identical in nearly every way but had the automatic breaking feature. 2018 was $23k new and the 2024 was $32k. Killed of fucked up how much the msrp increased on the same make and model but that feature alone saves lives and now we have a $400 monthly payment for it.
That said, I know many people that drive those big trucks that even hate the idea of a back up camera. These people go out of their way to by Chinese products to disable these safety features. Again, I’d like to downsize these vehicles too but I can’t buy a Gen 1 2000 Toyota Tacoma because it would be missing important safety features.
I’ve been looking at Japanese kei trucks, at half the size and much lower, and can tell you there is nothing in this world other than that safety feature that would have saved that child. Even riding a bicycle at the same speed I would most definitely have fucked up that kid.
After that, we traded in my wife’s 2018 Subura Legacy, fully paid off, for a 2024 Suburu Legacy that was identical in nearly every way but had the automatic breaking feature. 2018 was $23k new and the 2024 was $32k. Killed of fucked up how much the msrp increased on the same make and model but that feature alone saves lives and now we have a $400 monthly payment for it.
That said, I know many people that drive those big trucks that even hate the idea of a back up camera. These people go out of their way to by Chinese products to disable these safety features. Again, I’d like to downsize these vehicles too but I can’t buy a Gen 1 2000 Toyota Tacoma because it would be missing important safety features.