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Writer's pictureRobin Whitlock

Cybertruck - A death trap for cyclists and pedestrians

There are plenty of British motorheads who are just itching to get behind the wheel of Elon Musk's new Tesla cybertruck - but I have bad news for you - it ain't going to happen soon, if at all.


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The most noticeable thing about the Tesla cybertruck from a cyclist's and pedestrian's viewpoint is its sharp angles, which clearly make this vehicle - even more than any other vehicle a fantasy fetish icon for testosterone-fuelled alpha men fawning over Andrew Tate videos - far more dangerous to cyclists and pedestrians than any other vehicle.


This is why it is currently banned from sale in the UK (among other reasons) - and in the EU actually - and yet some journalists are gleefully celebrating its first appearances in the UK, at auto fairs and such, as if it was about to be approved in the country - which of course it isn't, and there's no sign that I can see of it about to be approved in the UK either.


An indication of the distinct lack of empathy among cybertruck slobberers is the total absence of any consideration of the risks to cyclists and pedestrians in articles such as this one by Jamie Edkins - which obsesses over the vehicles various features, some of which are indeed positive from a driver's point of view (like forward visibility for instance), but omits completely any consideration of the risks to other road users, in fact one line in the article neatly elaborates these risks - "this silhouette making the Cybertruck look a bit like an axe head on wheels".


The knock-on effect on social media is to generate more cybertruck slobbering, on X particularly, with cybertruck fetishists eagerly anticipating its arrival, at some point, in the UK - which, as I said, is not on the cards just yet - and hopefully never will be.



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