Pick-Up truck safety...NF

[lew]

Take this for whatever it's worth but I thought some may find it interesting as I'm assuming lotsa guys here drive them

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_155316779547617&key=0b3c409118ab469086cc904d0c1c605b&libId=jtijvryg01002ojt000DA8n9dvwfa&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walleyecentral.com%2Fforums%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D691862&v=1&opt=true&out=https%3A%2F%2Fapple.news%2FA4rCmMKdHSC-axQ2jY2uujA&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walleyecentral.com%2Fforums%2Fforumdisplay.php%3Ff%3D5&title=Say It Ain't So !!!!!!! - Walleye Message Central&txt=https%3A%2F%2Fapple.news%2FA4rCmMKdHSC-axQ2jY2uujA

[Loonietoon]

Interesting Lew, Thanks for bringing up

[aplumma]

With all of the mandates for better fuel economy it is going to be a battle to make the trucks as safe using newer lighter build materials and processes. Hopefully the manufacturers  will keep an eye on safety as well as fuel economy as we go forward.

Art

[irishfield]

Interesting how the F150 now has the "good" rating, as only a few years back it was the only one under scrutiny for the cab tearing apart too easily. Thanks Lew!

[JoePa]

For safety I always bought either pickups a full size SUV or full sized vans because they were higher off the ground and they had frames underneath - when I sit in a car it feels like my butt is dragging on the ground -  most cars just fold up like paper when in a crash - a semi would flatten them out like a tin can -

[kickingfrog]

Not sure if it's the same now but not that long ago trucks did not have to meet anywhere near the same safety standards a cars. 

[Old Ironmaker]

Don't eat this, you're gonna die, don't drink that, you're gonna die, don't go there, you're gonna die, don't fly in this plane, you're gonna die, don't go into the water you're gonna die, don't drive this you're gonna die and for God's sake don't breath the air you are going to die, for sure. I think you get my point. 

Basically fake news bought and paid for by the sellers of Ford F-150's and Dodge Ram with Honda chipping in a few bucks. 

If I was ever in the passengers seat who was driving?

A Cop. 

[misfish]

4 hours ago, Old Ironmaker said:

If I was ever in the passengers seat who was driving?

A Cop

[Gerry]

Wow Ironmaker, that's quite a leap there. So, you're saying that the IIHS and all of their employees, along with the independent Brd of Directors are all lying criminals. For the others who are probably more inclined, check this out: https://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings

[Gerry]

Although I don't drive a Tundra, I have the greatest respect for that vehicle. It is indeed, probably a simple matter of the Tundra being late in it's redesign and that this deficiency will get addressed in it's next makeover.

[lew]

Here's a bit more reading for those interested 

https://www.autonews.com/regulation-safety/f-150-ram-titan-top-iihs-passenger-side-crash-tests

[Loonietoon]

Interesting reading for sure