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Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Actually regulations killed them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lack thereof. Relaxed emissions standards on larger vehicles meant that manufacturers could save cost by making their vehicles bigger and bigger.

So that's what they did. They stopped selling smaller trucks to avoid regulation and pushed the idea that they were safer (for the person inside them) and part of an adventure freedom fantasy for suburban families.

A flat emissions standard for all non-commercial vehicles would have prevented that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Okay so bad regulation killed them.