No shit.
big thing smash more than small thing, news at 11
The US public has repeatedly demonstrated that it would rather die than make even minor adjustments in their lives. So don’t expect anything to get done.
Smaller cars? Over my dead body! Literally.
Have you tried to buy a small car/truck lately?
Yes :(
No, why would you purposefully buy a less capable, cheaply made vehicle that won’t last, with an anemic engine that has less displacement than a carbonated beverage container?
Because it’s cheaper, more fuel/energy efficient, I already have a larger, more capable, more durable vehicle with more displacement than my stock pots, and I’d prefer not to incur excessive wear and tear on my nice vehicle when I don’t need its capabilities on the overwhelming majority of my drives. I only need it once or twice a week, but I use it for everything because it’s what I have, and I can’t get something small enough and cheap enough to justify an additional vehicle.
A Kei truck would be perfect. I could save about 90% of the miles I put on my good truck if I had a Japanese mini-truck. It would pay for itself in reduced wear and tear on my good truck in about 4 years. Unfortunately, they aren’t street legal in my state.
I have been thinking about getting some “Child Killer” stickers to start slapping on trucks that are particularly unsafe and huge. I don’t get why in neighborhoods that in all kinds of other ways frowns upon putting kids at risk (no driving fast for example) dumbass men are allowed to own MASSIVE trucks that raise the risk of running a child over by a huge amount and no one shames them.
Time to start shaming these people more.
Go for it! The cost would be pretty inexpensive.
*Edit It’s funny how the downvoters aren’t okay with a simple sticker, but are okay with two ton vehicles killing more people than usual.
How much could a vandalism charge cost Michael? $10?
Less than a vehicular manslaughter charge.
U need to care more about other shit instead of this.
Child killer stickers 🤣 get over yourself
The Netherlands is so bike-friendly right now because of a wave of backlash in the 70s to the harms of their post WW2 car-centric design. The protests were literally called ‘Stop de Kindermoord’, which is Dutch for ‘stop the child-murder’.
Seems like your car needs to be stickered haha
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Why shouldn’t kids play in the streets? They certainly used to do it all the time. Why don’t we reduce speeds or car access to areas with a lot of pedestrians?
Yes, you have it exactly without irony.
I haven’t seen such blatant victim blaming for a while
Isn’t it kind of silly to you that the vast majority of our modern world is exclusively a car zone? All people have now is sidewalks, right next to all the exhaust fumes.
Yeah, but “ma freedom”
That’s right. Ma freedom allowed me to purchase a gas guzzling Jeep instead of a hybrid or EV. Viva USA!
Did you know that just because you can doesn’t mean you should?
Absolutely. So tell.me why YOU think I should not have gotten a Jeep. I can tell you, though, that your opinion didn’t factor into my purchase decision.
Oh don’t get me wrong. I got very clearly from your first comment that no opinion of any kind factored into your purchase decision. It was all System 1.
And please don’t take my responses as I don’t care. I do care, but i need to balance the needs of my family.
I just don’t think EVs are there yet in terms of feasibility. I considered them, but it’s just not for me yet. It will be at some point.
Oh man, I had thought you were being ironic above lol
Ha. I was wondering why my comment was still in the positive for so long.
I have a small truck, and its A pillar has blocked my view of pedestrians more than once. I have to move my head to check. With big vehicles, I imagine there’s even more of a problem.
I ran over my friend in high school while driving a Ford Ranger. She is 5’1 but still, if her hands hadn’t flopped up in the air I might’ve killed her. Worst part is, I’d just dropped her off.
Always need to be careful driving a big vehicle. Learned that the hard way.
Its actually the opposite, the bigger and boxy-er the vehicle, the bigger the windows and the less obstructions from bodywork. The added height also allows you to see much further away and over obstructions like lines of cars, stopped traffic, landscaping, etc. .
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next they’re going to try to tell me tanks are more deadly than four door sedans. does anybody buy this stuff?
I miss pop up headlights
I read that as “Tall trucks, SUVs are 45% deadlier to US presidents, study shows”, and was like: how did they do that study?
These flat fronted high up ones have made their way to Europe how are they legal
Maybe it’s how they are designed. I’ve sat in a number of them that have ugly blind spots. Back left is a big problem on a lot of them.
I’ve responded to a bunch of “car vs pedestrian” calls. With adults a low speed hit is usually some minor injuries like lower legs, arms, etc. If they’re hit hard sometimes their head hits the windshield. The victim ends up on top of the hood and rolls off the side or up and over the car.
If it’s a truck their injuries are more serious. Hip, rib, shoulder/arm, spine, and head injuries. They get hit high and knocked into the ground – and sometimes partially or completely run over.
Yes, it is.
Big cars are heavier, taller, and have larger blind spots. The first two make them deadlier in an accident, the last makes it easier to run someone over in a crosswalk, parking lot or driveway.
Haha pedestrians don’t vote so too bad
Cars don’t vote. Pedestrians are the only option, except wheelchair bound people I guess. You’re only not a pedestrian when in your car, but you have to encounter other vehicles on foot before and after being in the car.
But people who own cars vote. Pedestrians usually hate all parties and won’t bother to vote. They wont even vote to at least not let the other party win.
They go for a bike ride or drink kambocha in their bachelor apartment while looking up fall scarfs for men. Then scream racists at everyone after the guy they really hate wins the election. Then they go downtown and let air out of peoples tires and post on r/fuckcars and snicker and jeer with other pedestrians about how they hate car heads
I can’t fathom having an imaginary person living rent free in my head.
Never thought I’d see someone describe people like this for specifically not using some random product. What’s next, people who don’t use coffee makers are degenerates too?
We’re like birds
This is oddly specific
Now I want to hear your take on cyclists.
hell yea brotherrrrr
Easy, just drive them in Mexico or Canada and they’d be fine.
Lmao, I am sorry you are being down voted. This is funny
