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along_the_road@beehaw.org to Politics@beehaw.org · 1 month ago

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s

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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s

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along_the_road@beehaw.org to Politics@beehaw.org · 1 month ago
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The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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    I hate this trend and it’s causes so much.

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      Toxic masculinity and using car size as a pseudo-proxy for wealth?

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        Women are just as bad or worse here with their mega SUV’s. But the government are the ones who facilitate this by giving tax breaks for giant vehicles.

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        Removed by mod

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      Drunk Republicans?

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    As a Mini Cooper driver and motorcycle rider, people in giant personal vehicles are dorks.

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      As a driver of Mazda’s smallest car and a cyclist, I completely agree.

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    i wish we could just buy a suzuki jimny in canada but it will never happen because it would make all other SUVs irrelevant

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      Isn’t that the one that is very top heavy?

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        not sure about that…i rent them in iceland quite a lot and it’s a near perfect vehicle in my opinion

        quick search says that just 40kg+ on the roof will make it unstable, i didnt know this

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          That is better than what they used to be. They used to rollover without weight in top. They were sold as Samurai in the US.

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    I will always advocate for a higher hood height requiring a higher class of license.

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