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[–] teft@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

In the army you have to have a ground guide for vehicles that big. A ground guide is a soldier that walks in front of the big vehicle and watches for obstacles. The ground guide helps the driver navigate obstacles they are unable to see due to blind spots.

I propose we legislate that all vehicles that big require a ground guide to walk in front of them.

Then everyone will buy small vehicles so the newly formed ground guide union will have less power.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

Ground guide or at least a crew commander at the top of the tank/armoured fighting vehicle. I can see lots of people accepting a lookout on top of their Personal Support Truck before they'd consider downsizing or gulp not driving. I guess that would also increase vehicle occupancy above the abysmal 1.4 people/vehicle it's currently at!