sales of mega-pickups, which have basically been deliberately designed to intimidate and kill pedestrians, are booming https://www.wsj.com/articles/pickup-trucks-are-getting-huge-got-a-problem-with-that-11596254412

the trend of 6-foot grilles that create massive blind spots and pull people under to be crushed when they are hit is 100 percent a marketing gimmick

hundreds of conservatives here doing their best to demonstrate that yes, huge trucks are about postmodern culture war signaling and unsubtle Freudian neurosis

a light truck can be a useful tool, and I have owned one myself. making the grille 6 feet high so you can't see if you are running over your kid does not make it more useful. it does the opposite