Kuinox@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoU.S. pedestrian deaths reach a 40-year hightext.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10cross-posted to: automotive@discuss.tchncs.defuck_cars@lemmy.mlnews@beehaw.orghackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareFloopity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoSigh, every day I walk outside in my city and just behold the larger and ever more boxy SUVs, mid-size SUVs, pickup trucks, and cross-overs, and just think to myself “why.”
minus-squareTigbitties@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThey keep making cars more fuel efficient and that gets them around the size problem regulations. They just keep maxing it out.
minus-squaregonesnake@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAnd they’ll meet some vague classification requirements defining what is a ‘car’ a ‘sport utility vehicle’ or a ‘truck’ to skip around certain rules.
Sigh, every day I walk outside in my city and just behold the larger and ever more boxy SUVs, mid-size SUVs, pickup trucks, and cross-overs, and just think to myself “why.”
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They keep making cars more fuel efficient and that gets them around the size problem regulations. They just keep maxing it out.
And they’ll meet some vague classification requirements defining what is a ‘car’ a ‘sport utility vehicle’ or a ‘truck’ to skip around certain rules.