Comment on Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns - experts

• Thorry84@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’d be surprised how much a concrete pillar holding up an overpass can actually take. They don’t break like in the movies, they are specifically designed to take big truck impacts and not fail. Anybody crashing a Cybertruck at highway speeds into one of those is instantly turned into red colored mashed potatoes.

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  • lemann@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Anybody crashing a Cybertruck at highway speeds into one of those is instantly turned into red colored mashed potatoes

    Why does that sound delicious 😭

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    • jennwiththesea@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is! In a pressure cooker, you can cook beets in a basket over a layer of potatoes and garlic cloves. The beet drippings turn the potatoes pinkish-red. Super fun for kids.

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      • 018118055@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But has the pressure cooker been crash tested

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      • DanglingFury@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or you can just hang out under a highway overpass with a scoop and a cooler

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    • Spur4383@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Eat the rich?

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    case in point

    We have barriers good enough to stop a fully-loaded semi in effectively zero distance.

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• ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Go hit a 10"+ tree in a pickup and see how fast you stop. You can wander over and pick the engine up when it flies out the hood. The tree will loose some bark.

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  • CAVOK@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Been there, done that. 0/10. Do not recommend.

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    • nomous@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same, hit a small (maybe 5") tree going about 60mph. Came to a complete stop immediately and put my head through the windshield. We went and peeled the license plate off the tree the next day.

      I guess it put a little mark on the tree but it was basically fine, completely destroyed the car though.

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      • CAVOK@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        For me it was a rather large tree that I hit at about 100km/h (+60moh). Tree was fine. Car, not so much. The ambulance ride was nice though, and the first responders thought we were extremely lucky to be alive.
        Wear your seat belts kids.

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  • CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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