• RBG@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 months ago

    You are aware this isn’t a standard window that would be used for anything? The truck driver can kill pedestrians very much without that, thank you, sir and goodbye!

    Edit: welp, you learn something new every day. Turns out the dog is helping kill pedestrians after all!

    • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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      9 months ago

      In the UK and EU, windows in similar positions are mandated on construction trucks to give the driver a view of other road users when manoeuvring in urban environments. They were brought in after pedestrians and cyclists were killed by having been in trucks’ blind spots.