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How in the hell are these legal? (europe.pub)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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(not my image. I just find these comical and incredibly dangerous)

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[–] 4 points 6 days ago (5 children)

You really don't see them as much compared to when they were in their hay day, because they were/are a liability. But current ones are soft plastic with a thin metallic coating.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 days ago (4 children)

    Fast rotating "soft plastic with thin metallic coating" will just as well mutilate or even kill pedestrians or cyclists in a collision. But then US Americans do not seem to care much about those.

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  • [–] -2 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Let's be real, if you're close enough that these are hitting you you're getting hit by the multi ton truck as well. They're a little silly, but not the huge hazard you're making them out to be.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago*

    They make a wide vehicle even wider, for no good reason, your argument, can really only be made by an American who can not fathom that oversized roads are not only not the norm everywhere but are in themselves antipedestrian and get pedestrians and cyclists needlesly killed. There is also a good reason why tyre/axle parts extending beyond fenders are illegal in for example the EU. They are a risk to others in many ways, not only collission but also projecting stuff outwards. Last but not least, they make it harder for the driver to properly estimate the total width of the vehicle and invite driver error that can cost lives.

    They are illegal in the EU and they are so for a reason.

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