▲ 823 ▼ Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck: Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disintegrated drivers’ bones. (www.theguardian.com) submitted 4 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 199 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 months ago (1 child) I mean they made millions of Pintos so yeah permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meco03211@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children) Different person, but the Pinto controversy was overblown. Media hype made it an issue when it had similar incident rates with other vehicles at the time. Ford Pinto - Wikipedia https://share.google/A9xMle5N02j1gPmCl permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 28 points 4 months ago (1 child) The biggest issue with the Pinto was not the Pinto itself, it was how Ford discussed the potential issues with it internally. It was their very well documented preference for money over protecting human life that caused the controversy. We know this really happens all the time, at all companies and in all industries, but Ford was punished for saying the quiet part out loud (amongst themselves) and getting caught doing it. We are all supposed to at least put on a show of human lives being more important than money, and Ford failed to put on the show, and for that they were punished. We still don't care about human life, but at least we all felt better about it afterwards. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago There's an episode of Swindled all about how Ford knew this was a flaw and allowed it to happen so that they could compete in the lower end market. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rimu@piefed.social 9 points 4 months ago* (1 child) huh, TIL. Thanks! So it's just 17 times more likely to burn you to death than average cars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 child) Average car of the 1970s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 9bananas@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) that implies the rate at which CTs kill occupants is even higher than that when compared to modern cars, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Yes. Yes it does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children) Different person, but the Pinto controversy was overblown. Media hype made it an issue when it had similar incident rates with other vehicles at the time. Ford Pinto - Wikipedia https://share.google/A9xMle5N02j1gPmCl permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 28 points 4 months ago (1 child) The biggest issue with the Pinto was not the Pinto itself, it was how Ford discussed the potential issues with it internally. It was their very well documented preference for money over protecting human life that caused the controversy. We know this really happens all the time, at all companies and in all industries, but Ford was punished for saying the quiet part out loud (amongst themselves) and getting caught doing it. We are all supposed to at least put on a show of human lives being more important than money, and Ford failed to put on the show, and for that they were punished. We still don't care about human life, but at least we all felt better about it afterwards. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago There's an episode of Swindled all about how Ford knew this was a flaw and allowed it to happen so that they could compete in the lower end market. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rimu@piefed.social 9 points 4 months ago* (1 child) huh, TIL. Thanks! So it's just 17 times more likely to burn you to death than average cars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 child) Average car of the 1970s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 9bananas@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) that implies the rate at which CTs kill occupants is even higher than that when compared to modern cars, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Yes. Yes it does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 28 points 4 months ago (1 child) The biggest issue with the Pinto was not the Pinto itself, it was how Ford discussed the potential issues with it internally. It was their very well documented preference for money over protecting human life that caused the controversy. We know this really happens all the time, at all companies and in all industries, but Ford was punished for saying the quiet part out loud (amongst themselves) and getting caught doing it. We are all supposed to at least put on a show of human lives being more important than money, and Ford failed to put on the show, and for that they were punished. We still don't care about human life, but at least we all felt better about it afterwards. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago There's an episode of Swindled all about how Ford knew this was a flaw and allowed it to happen so that they could compete in the lower end market. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago There's an episode of Swindled all about how Ford knew this was a flaw and allowed it to happen so that they could compete in the lower end market. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rimu@piefed.social 9 points 4 months ago* (1 child) huh, TIL. Thanks! So it's just 17 times more likely to burn you to death than average cars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 child) Average car of the 1970s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 9bananas@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) that implies the rate at which CTs kill occupants is even higher than that when compared to modern cars, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Yes. Yes it does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 child) Average car of the 1970s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 9bananas@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) that implies the rate at which CTs kill occupants is even higher than that when compared to modern cars, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Yes. Yes it does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 9bananas@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) that implies the rate at which CTs kill occupants is even higher than that when compared to modern cars, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Yes. Yes it does. permalink fedilink source parent