• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    4 hours ago

    Definitely notice a difference since buying the car I currently drive back in 2012. In my state around 70% of vehicles on the road are trucks or SUVs, while I’m out here driving a car that only weighs around 2500lbs.

    Kinda worried about what would happen if I ever got in an accident, don’t know if I would fare very well against the majority of vehicles sharing the road with me. Luckily I only live a couple miles from my work, so I’m not in my car very often.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      3 hours ago

      Sedans have stricter crash safety standards than big trucks. The whole reason why Detroit pushes large trucks is the safety loopholes and the myth that a heavier, taller vehicle is somehow safer.

      We definitely need weight limits in public roads and special licences for truck drivers. Fucking idiots don’t understand braking distances increase with weight.

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        2 hours ago

        safety loopholes and the myth that a heavier, taller vehicle is somehow safer.

        Oh I don’t think they’re any safer, I just think they are more dangerous to me and my car when I weighs 1/3rd as much as them.