How American Fire Departments are Getting People Killed

Why HN readers recommended it

HN people link it in threads on big vehicles and road safety as a comparison of US and Dutch fire department approaches.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Not Just Bikes

Topic

urban planning and road safety

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2024–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Also "How USA Fire Departments Are Getting People Killed". Summary: forcing bad road design to accommodate giant fire trucks cause more car collisions [VIDEO]

• Depending on which requirement they mean, that case is actually interesting. There's a good video from Not Just Bikes about it [VIDEO] ("How American Fire Departments are Getting People Killed")

• I think this video from the Not Just Bikes channel shows quite well the major difference in approach between fire departments in the USA vs the Netherlands (which is quite similar to many other European countries): [VIDEO] Fire engines in Europe are as well equipped …