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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As an emergency responder, I can say with confidence that when a car hits a tree, it's rare that the car wins. The tree usually just shrugs it off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I've definitely seen "median trees" and "sidewalk trees" here in Atlanta get removed or replaced after a car hits them. But for sure, large trees can easily shrug off a car crash. Those are just not usually in heavily urban areas like these tanks are meant for.

Not that it is super relevant to this discussion, but last month someone with a chainsaw cut down multiple (I wanna say a dozen or so) trees along a street in Atlanta in the middle of the night. Who TF would do that?!?! Sad and pointless....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Emergency responder in a big city? Trees will fuck up a car no doubt but not usually the tiny ones lining the streets of major urban centers, most I see get to be maybe 5 in across. But it may all be location dependant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes. Even a 50mm (2 inches) tree trunk will usually win against a car on urban roads.