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It’s time for Americans to embrace small cars (arstechnica.com)
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[–] -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I'm here to embrace physics. Small Car + Big Truck = Death.

Edit: I don't understand why this is getting downvoted. Americans aren't going to give up their gas guzzler for a smaller vehicle (although I agree that they should at least not have a gas guzzler), and even if they did, not everyone would. Sure, you'll probably have points in the replies (once I get some), but I'm going off of an IIHS perspective. If a small vehicle gets into an accident (assuming it's head on/moderate/overlap) with another vehicle (as most American vehicles are either SUVs or Trucks [yes, I know an SUV is technically a truck, but that's not the point]), that person in the smaller vehicle will most likely be dead or seriously injured in that crash. It doesn't have to be particularly fast for a weight problem to show a big impact.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The reason is because you assume the common stereotype of every American being the same.

    there's so many of us so widely spread out. it is laughable when people say "Americans" and assume every single American is the same person.

    there is a lot of tiresome "Americans this, Americans that." and most of us are looking around going "... who?"

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Aside from your downvote whining, you're exactly the problem being discussed. Like some sort of driving arms race to the bottom.

    You also understand that size is not equal to weight, right?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    While you have a point. The bigger cars are usually much heavier than the smaller cars. I'm not saying that I agree with SUVs and Trucks becoming the norm, but there's not much you can change from that at this point in time.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I completely agree with what you're saying. Physics is definitely in favor of the larger mass during a collision. But if you need to get a big car, just because everyone else has a big car, that seems like a race no one wins (except auto manufacturers).

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