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Old 10-02-2012, 11:40 AM   #66 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Slow_s10 View Post
He was not saying that driving a lifted truck is inherently unsafe
While driving a lifted truck is fine offroad, driving a lifted truck on the road is inherently unsafe for any car drivers nearby since their lifting sets the truck's bumper at about the car's window height, overriding any crash protection built into the car's door. Rather than hitting the metal frame of the car, the car's window and the driver's head are the first things hit by a lifted truck t-boning a car at an intersection. A semi tractor trailer has a dropped bumper to keep cars from under riding them in a collision, but a lifted truck has none of this type of safety equipment.
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