Comment on $440 Charge For A Wheel Scuff Raises Questions About Hertz's AI Rental Car Damage Scanner

• cadekat@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I see you have never driven behind a pickup truck on a gravel road.

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  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If you’re close enough to another vehicle on a gravel road that you’re getting stones flicked up, there’s no way that’s a safe following distance, especially considering the increased stopping distances.

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    • jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      gravel travels fairly far when the vehicles are going 50 mph

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      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Vehicles also skid very far at that speed.

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    • gramie@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I have had nicks in my windshield due to gravel thrown up by vehicles traveling in the opposite direction.

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  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Have you tried not doing that?

    It’s really as easy as not doing that.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have actually, for several years of my life, which is how I know it doesn’t cause that.

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    • Tiger666@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Not you again. Yesterday you were annoying people about trump.

      Immediate downvote.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨36⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Nice to know you have no counterargument.

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