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  Yes, It ‘Looks Like a Duck,’ but...

...but that means it's far safer for pedestrians than the currently-in-vogue "bulldozer" vehicle front ends.

I for one welcome our new duck-shaped overlords.

▲ matsemann 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Direct Vision Standards[0] should implemented as a mandatory requirement everywhere for large vehicles traveling in cities or residential areas where there's "soft road users"[1] (pedestrians, cyclists). Should be able to see straight to the side and know you're not running someone over.

[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Vision_Standard [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-motorist

	▲	morsch 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I was squeezing by in front of a modern garbage truck this morning that basically had a glass side door. It was great: I could actually establish eye contact with the driver and sign that I was going to drive in front of him and he could give me small wave to go ahead. The driver of a less modern truck would have had no way at all to see me, much less communicate with me.