@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square224fedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down10cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1433arrow-down1external-linkA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.com@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square224fedilinkcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-square@Dnn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish22•1 year agoHow about keeping the guard rails as they are and let the fat car drivers carry the risk?
minus-square@Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoEven US drivers are not quite heavy enough to make a significant difference here. This has to do with car battery weights.
minus-square@lud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI don’t think they are saying that the drivers are fat. Or at least it would be insane to say that society shouldn’t care about the safety of fat people. It’s more likely that they said that the cars are fat which they are.
minus-square@starman@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoFat car can hit an innocent skinny car on the other side of the road, in case of an accident.
minus-square@Akasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThe problem is if they crash through the guard rail and kill or Injure others.
How about keeping the guard rails as they are and let the fat car drivers carry the risk?
Even US drivers are not quite heavy enough to make a significant difference here. This has to do with car battery weights.
I don’t think they are saying that the drivers are fat. Or at least it would be insane to say that society shouldn’t care about the safety of fat people.
It’s more likely that they said that the cars are fat which they are.
Fat car can hit an innocent skinny car on the other side of the road, in case of an accident.
The problem is if they crash through the guard rail and kill or Injure others.
What about trying to reduce deaths?