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F- me It's January! (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

I feel safer in the bigger vehicle

edit: guys I was kidding

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Statistically, you absolutely are. There’s good data to back it up: even when looking at the same vehicle category, the risk of death is smaller in a bigger vehicle.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/are-bigger-cars-safer/

Which is of course exactly what you’d expect. It’s basic physics after all. And there’s simply more metal between you and the thing that you hit / hits you.

Still, the inverse also applies: driving a larger vehicle is more dangerous for everyone else on the road, so drivers should be extra careful. Everyone wants to get home safe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Until everyone is also driving the 6,000 lb death machine. Now you need to get the 9,000 lb death machine to compensate and thus the cycle restarts until everyone commutes to work in literal tanks because "it's safer".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Let the arms race begin

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"I just like knowing that if there is an accident, I won't get hurt."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sarcasm is a risky gambit here. I picked up on it but some people really need that /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

It could have worked because people who need the /s are the same people driving an SUV like that anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

that's why i take the bus