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Originally Posted by evolutionmovement
One of the biggest obstacles to fuel efficient vehicles is the majority of people controlled by their lizard brain—they live in constant fear of collisions and so dictate ever more safety equipment, which adds weight.
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It is not required yet but it very soon will be that crash testing take place against a dump truck. . .I mean an Escalade.
I don't really have an issue with someone's right to own the SUV I just have an issue as soon as they use it irresponsibly. a 4,000+ # SUV carries more than 2 times more energy than my car at the same speed. Also typically they are speeders and at 80+ the engine mounts for that big V8 really aren't designed for 80-0 in two tenths of a second, let alone my older compacts door panels.
If ULW(Ultra-Light-Weight) cars were allowed a separate lane they really would not need that mush more safety. a 1200 lb CF/FG car can't do anything like the damage a Steel guillotine would do. How many times have you heard of a motorcycle killing a passenger in a car?
Even if we just took the next step and made the SUVs out of composites instead you might be able to survive in something like the aptera if one hit you. against a modern Escalade though your a dead man.