A rising road toll in the US. A rising road toll in Australia. Journalists give 1000 reasons why it could be happening.

And they studiously avoid mentioning the growing proportion of massive SUVs and pickup trucks on the roads. If they mention it at all, it’s only in passing: https://youtu.be/Hb5_RUNeC0g?si=uuns6D1I6fGINdpU

But.

If you have larger and heavier cars, with larger blind spots, of course you’re going to have more fatalities!

Remember kids: Every 10cm a vehicle’s hood height increases, the risk of fatalities grows by 22%: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017

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  • AJ SadauskasOP
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    1110 months ago

    @Jawaka @fuck_cars That’s true, but then there were people racing on country highways 20 or 30 years ago too.

    The difference now is they’re more likely to be doing it in massive American SUV, rather than a (often Australian made) ute or a sedan.

    • Waka/Jawaka
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      710 months ago

      @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars True enough. I’ve noticed a boom in those silly and huge Dodge Ram pickups around here of late. Also noticed that they have the same amount of seats and less inside storage than my tiny Honda Jazz.

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