ImmersiveAmbientModecolor: #d6a496 (color 2)
Video Format : 22 (720p) openh264 ( https://github.com/cisco/openh264) mp4a.40.2 | 44100Hz
Audio Format: Opus - Normalized audio
PokeTubeEncryptID: ed2f504bf56b8c7dd2532d57e28ca5a17dfe78c524986542af0e62ef22830e139a47c197724e1d176bb1d77174d9f849
Proxy : eu-proxy.poketube.fun - refresh the page to change the proxy location
Date : 1715693836521 - unknown on Apple WebKit
Mystery text : ak43bVNYTXJ1RW8gaSAgbG92ICB1IGV1LXByb3h5LnBva2V0dWJlLmZ1bg==
143 : true
5,537,086 Views • Mar 6, 2023 • Click to toggle off description
Engineers, planners, politicians, and advocates all around the world are trying to improve their cities and build more great walkable places with viable alternatives to driving. But there's a looming trend that could undo all of that hard work: the growth of SUVs and light trucks.
This could all be solved if these pathetic suburbanites could just buy small cars, station wagons, or minivans instead.
Patreon: patreon.com/notjustbikes
Reddit: redlib.matthew.science/r/notjustbikes
Mastodon: @notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com
NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel):
/ @njblive
Script by Nicole Conlan and Jason Slaughter
---
References and Further Reading
Tell Automakers: Fix front-end blind zones - Consumer Reports Petition
action.consumerreports.org/20221116_stop_blindspot…
CityNerd: Problems with Pickup Trucks (Nebula)
nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-problems-with-pickup-tru…
New Car Assessment Program
www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/12/16/2015-…
SUVs, pickup trucks more likely to hit pedestrians than cars, study finds
eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/03/17/suvs-pickup…
The Ultimate List of Driving Statistics for 2023
driving-tests.org/driving-statistics/
All history (including auto industry research of SUV buyers) is from:
High and Mighty: SUVs-the World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way
Keith Bradsher
[ISBN 9781586481230]
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/832299
Trucks And SUVs Are Now Over 80 Percent Of New Car Sales In The U.S.
jalopnik.com/trucks-and-suvs-are-now-over-80-perce…
Mindgames on wheels - How advertising sold false promises of safety and superiority with SUVs
static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebd0080238e863d049…
Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 1997 (modified)
www.flickr.com/photos/juanelo242a/48129421276
Sherman tank by Nyttend - Own work, Public Domain
commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16709601
Carsized.com
carsized.com/
Global SUV sales set another record in 2021, setting back efforts to reduce emissions
www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/growth-in-c…
Kids and Cars
www.kidsandcars.org/
www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/frontovers/
Experiment involving SUV reveals hidden danger for small children
www.kmbc.com/article/experiment-involving-suv-reve…
SUVs second biggest cause of emissions rise, figures reveal
www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/201…
U.S. Pedestrian Fatalities Rise, While European Pedestrian Fatalities Fall
www.planetizen.com/news/2019/07/105095-us-pedestri…
Cyclist and Pedestrian Deaths Skyrocket in 2018 as Motorists Stay Safe
usa.streetsblog.org/2019/06/18/cyclist-and-pedestr…
Why are US drivers killing so many pedestrians?
cityobservatory.org/why-are-us-drivers-killing-so-…
www.iihs.org/news/detail/suvs-other-large-vehicles…
National Survey on Distracted Driving Attitudes and Behaviors
www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/811729.pdf
The Car Cushion Hypothesis: Bigger Cars Lead to More Risk Taking—Evidence from Behavioural Data
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10603-022-09511…
You Don’t Need A Full-Size Pickup Truck, You Need a Cowboy Costume
www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-s…
City drivers 'should think twice' before buying SUVs
www.bbc.com/news/business-56647128
Pickup Trucks - From Workhorse to Joyride
www.axios.com/ford-pickup-trucks-history
Transportation Alternatives - The Problem with Bigger Cars
www.transalt.org/newsletter/september-2-mcguinness…
Unlicensed Driver Is Charged in Death of Baby in Stroller
www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/nyregion/bronx-driver-k…
Tyre Extinguishers
www.tyreextinguishers.com/
EUROPEAN VEHICLE MARKET STATISTICS
eupocketbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Pocket…
European new car market starts 2021 with record market share for SUVs
www.jato.com/european-new-car-market-starts-2021-w…
Safety consequences of vehicle size & weight
• Safety consequences of vehicle size a...
This video contains content licensed from Getty Images
Views : 5,537,086
Genre: Education
Date of upload: Mar 6, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.607 (31,876/292,266 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-14T13:34:00.923086Z
See in json
YouTube Comments - 4,723 Comments
Top Comments of this video!! :3
"the roads are too narrow" "cyclists take up too much space" "we need more parking"
- people driving 15-foot-wide monstrosities
10K |
When I moved to Los Angeles (from Europe) and needed to rent a car for a week, the renter was super excited to tell me that I got an upgrade and could have a bigger car than the one I ordered. To which I said absolutely not, I wanted the smaller car because we're in a city and I want to be able to park easily. Never saw someone so confused!
21K |
The true irony is that full size SUV's are more common in a city then in the rural areas.
40K |
One thing that really bothers me is that I'm blinded by headlights during nighttime driving because every car on the road is higher than mine.
23K |
"one of this vehicles is designed to carry lots of stuff, while the other is designed to carry fragile egos"
made my day
6.1K |
The point made about kids being hidden by the front bumpers of SUVs (9:40) ... it's not just kids. I'm a wheelchair user and going past an SUV is a TERRIFYING experience. More than once I've intentionally waited on the pavement before crossing in front of an SUV I think is about to pull into the road because I KNOW they can't see me. I've nearly been hit in supermarket car parks twice. The first time I went past a parked SUV and realised the bumper was over my head was sobering.
I started using my chair a bit over two years ago because of chronic illness. Before I got sick, I cycled, so I've always had a healthy wariness of SUVs. But the sheer sense of vulnerability that comes from being so low to the ground a driver couldn't see me if I were RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM... that's a whole different beast.
I'm in the UK btw. Bigger cars are slightly less ubiquitous here than the States, but not by much. I can't drive for medical reasons. Thank goodness we have decent public transport - I would have absolutely no independence or autonomy if I were anywhere even slightly more car dependent.
I'm not even anti car. I have a Blue Badge, that gives me access to disabled parking in whichever car I'm in. Cars are useful in a lot of cases. But my mum has a Renault Clio, which is wonderfully compact, and yet I can EASILY get my chair in and out of it without any assistance from the back seat. This would be challenging in a taller vehicle, and impossible in a flatbed or similar.
Basically - SUVs are terrifying, horrifically dangerous for me, and would actively make my life harder if they were the only car available on the UK car market.
16K |
fun fact from florida:
alligators do in fact climb extremely well. not usually trees, but chain link fences do nothing to stop them.
9K |
I am not immune to the appeal of an absolutely massive machine roaring down the line at impossible speeds. But like. That's why i'm into✨trains ✨
33K |
“The real winning strategy was to make scared people feel safe”
Ahh, the American advertising cheat code
2.3K |
Most of my coworkers that buy these monstrosities, look down at my “small” car, and say they buy them so they can “drive over cars like mine”. And I find, locally at least, people do drive them like weapons, or at least with reckless abandon. It makes driving to work more anxiety inducing than it already was.
8.5K |
ok, now I get the Futurama joke about "registering a grosly polluting robot as a light truck"
13K |
As one of those niche rural “light” truck drivers I don’t understand why anyone who doesn’t need one would want one. They don’t fit in garages, eat gas like a bottomless pit, and are so much harder to park and maneuver.
13K |
One thing I was waiting for you to say but never did: estate cars (station wagons) have another key advantage over SUVs. Their roofs are lower, so if you need to put something on the roof rack, like a kayak or a hang glider, it's possible for an average sized person. As an outdoors person myself and a station wagon owner I was so glad to hear someone sing their praises. I sleep in the back of mine when I'm out on an adventure sometimes. You actually get to use the extra space that comes with a long vehicle.
7.4K |
"Your freedom to swing your arms ends where my face begins"
A lovely turn of phrase.
976 |
Another consequence of higher bumpers is higher headlights, few things are worse than driving at night with a truck or SUV behind you, its headlights at exactly the same height as your rear mirrors
5K |
I remember when I first saw Back to the Future as a rural European kid, I was so confused by the car Marty got at the end. He was a 17-year-old boy living in middle-class suburbia, and close enough to school to go there on his skateboard every morning, and his parents got him this brand new shiny black pickup truck monstrosity that looked like it would be just as out of place at a farm or in the woods as it looked in that driveway. Since then I found out what product placement is, and I guess this in particular was part of that big marketing push to make these "light trucks" look cool to people who were teenagers in the mid 80s.
9.5K |
As a truck owner, I couldn't agree more. My 20 year old heavy duty truck looks TINY compared to modern trucks. They're getting ABSURDLY large. The belt line on newer trucks is at shoulders height at this point. You need a ladder to do anything under the hood. In a vacuum I would like my next vehicle to be smaller, but like you said, if you're in a collision with a larger vehicle you're at a significant disadvantage. I really like the Ford Maverick. It's a cheap hybrid truck that's about the same length as a sedan.
3.5K |
What annoys me with the “they are just responding to demand” argument is also that I highly doubt car manufacturers are recording all the clients who come in asking for a smaller car only to be told that it is not an option. Most people won’t try to import a car from overseas that works for them and will just get the cars available to them locally
7.9K |
As a person who works in the trades and actually needs his truck for work, the amount of accountants buying trucks blows my mind. Less trucks on the road is a good thing
13K |
@NotJustBikes
1 year ago
Get a year of Nebula for only $30: go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes
Consumer Reports petition: action.consumerreports.org/20221116_stop_blindspot…
CityNerd on pickup trucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIy5uv5-VrE
Truck babies can go cry somewhere else. I don't have time for losers.
2.9K |