In the army you have to have a ground guide for vehicles that big. A ground guide is a soldier that walks in front of the big vehicle and watches for obstacles. The ground guide helps the driver navigate obstacles they are unable to see due to blind spots.

I propose we legislate that all vehicles that big require a ground guide to walk in front of them.

Then everyone will buy small vehicles so the newly formed ground guide union will have less power.

I also hate driving vehicles like this. It’s not comfortable to know you can’t see around you properly. They’re hard to park too and get terrible mileage.

I had a gf with a full size Chevy, a Silverado or something, and basically hated driving it. We’d go mildly off roading on some dirt roads and when you were going uphill you couldn’t see the road ahead of you. Just awful. I had to stop and get out a few times to ensure we weren’t about to drive off a cliff. That never happened in the normal sized Subaru I had.

I think the real-life photo of like a dozen kids in a line in front of the hood and completely invisible from the driver's seat of the truck is more impacting. It's insane. People that drive trucks like that are seriously compensating for something.

I hate Elon Musk, so I don't want to get into a whole thing about it, but the Model 3 and Y have some of the shortest front blind spots of all makes and models of vehicle, largely because their is no engine under the hood allowing for a short and low front end. I couldn't find any data for other all-electric vehicles, but I would assume any fully electric car would be similar.

Bicycles have zero blind spot in front.

My next car is going to be a GDLS M1 Abrams main battle tank. It's the only true option for car lovers.

Inb4 haha none of those other than the tank can shoot, you can mount a minigun on top of it.

*Minigun sold separately

**Mounting a Minigun will void warranty

I think I'll wait until the tank is at least a hybrid.

That will show the tankies!

I don't understand how the distance to see ground in the tank is longer than those of the Dodge and Chevy, but the distance to see children is shorter.

This makes me wonder if there could be a regulation mandating front facing cameras on vehicles where vision is obstructed when moving at low speeds. Perhaps collision alert systems are sufficient. At any rate, there should probably be something that mandates some form of compensation for the lack of vision.