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Why do so many people in Alberta have those big trucks when they do not need them. No wonder why they have highest emissions per capita in the nation.
It kind of gains momentum. My mom is someone who got a smaller truck after her big one. Not even a car, just a smaller truck. And she feels a bit vulnerable on the road. And a lot of these idiots will merge into you and kill you because you're in a smaller vehicle
So basically, a lot of people who should NOT be driving have huge trucks and other people get huge trucks so they don't feel like they may get killed by an idiot
I swear, if all of this province had regular tests every 5 years, most Albertans would be forbidden from driving
Yeah there really needs to be some laws curtailing the size of these useless abominations. Or make it so there are extra driving tests you need to take before buying one because it's way too large and the ones that usually buy them are the not-so-intelligent crowd.
See those hitches? That means they are using them.
#2 and #3 from the front show zero visible signs of wear.
The moronic thought process is less damage will be done to their vehicle when it hits the tow ball, and it’ll do more damage to the vehicle that hit them. Since they deserve it for hitting them.
Someone's not thinking. The removable hitch mounts into a steel receiver, made out of the same material and mount below the bumper. Does exactly the same damage 6 inches further away.
Yep, but that’s also 6 more inches to get through until the bumper. The problem being it removes the crumple zone the bumper has and makes the force entirely in your frame instead. It will also almost always hit the radiator of the vehicle hitting them doing significant damage.
They leave it there as assholes, while also not actually protecting their own vehicle, other than cosmetically, they’ll do more structural damage instead.
Hence the moron part.
Hey now. Alberta has a ton of morons, and slightly more than their fair share of assholes. But Hanlon's razor* still applies. I don't think anybody put a hitch on their truck with the express intent of causing harm somewhere. They are more likely just stupid and/or lazy.
* "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
In other words: some bad things happen not because of people having bad intentions, but because they did not think it through properly. Or at all.
No… I’ve had truck owners ask me why I don’t leave mine on to protect my truck or make it worse for others. I just roll my eyes and walk away, because you can’t reason with them, like what’s happening in the comment chain here.
Also comes down to monkey see monkey do too I find.