dacalla@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL there's an easy piece of technology that can prevent cyclists and pedestrians from being run over and killed by truckscdn.imgchest.comvideomessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down130cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
arrow-up1279arrow-down1videoTIL there's an easy piece of technology that can prevent cyclists and pedestrians from being run over and killed by truckscdn.imgchest.comdacalla@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square41fedilinkcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
minus-squarearamis87@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 days agoIt sounds like it’s something they can only require them on vehicles whose companies have contracts with the city. If true, I’d assume that the exempted trucks aren’t hauling away city waste - maybe construction debris or something like that.
minus-squarehypnicjerk@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 days agonot much the city can do about that - the state handles motor vehicle regulations.
minus-squareT. Hex@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 days agoI thought you couldn’t be right. Whelp. … requires large vehicles in the City Fleet and in City contracted vehicles be equipped with safety enhancing side guards … https://rules.cityofnewyork.us/rule/side-guards-on-heavy-duty-trade-waste-vehicles/
It sounds like it’s something they can only require them on vehicles whose companies have contracts with the city. If true, I’d assume that the exempted trucks aren’t hauling away city waste - maybe construction debris or something like that.
What a shitty law.
not much the city can do about that - the state handles motor vehicle regulations.
I thought you couldn’t be right. Whelp.
https://rules.cityofnewyork.us/rule/side-guards-on-heavy-duty-trade-waste-vehicles/