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Originally Posted by JSH
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You didn't miss much though. The very common sense topics are:
Vehicles are getting larger and heavier and have been for decades
EVs weigh more than regular cars
Larger and heavier vehicles require more resources
Larger and heavier vehicles are less efficient
Heavy vehicles do more damage when they hit something in a crash
Higher hood heights reduce visibility.
People like fast cars
Car buyers only care about their own safety not the safety of other road users.
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Thanks!
Sounds exactly like what I had imagined.
It also reminds me of the ride height paradox. People used to say they wanted an SUV or pickup so they could see over everyone else. Well, now that everyone else drives an SUV or pickup, that reasoning doesn't hold water anymore.
Same with safety. People thought being in the bigger vehicle would make them safer than all the small vehicles. Then everyone else got bigger vehicles. ABC news said that every 1,000lbs more a vehicle weighs makes an accident 10% more likely to kill someone and that road safety is actually dropping in recent years (after decades of getting better) due to people opting for bigger vehicles.