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.
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American pride!
That’s vehicles classified as “light duty” — pickup trucks.
All other vehicle classes are down in curb weight over that same period.
Yeah, show us the average numbers for all vehicles used for private personal transport then.
Is there a metric version?
I can convert it to bananas for you if that helps
It’s 'Merica, so…no
'Merica is more metric than even USians are ready to admit.
I’m not sure it’s reasonable to directly complain about fast 0-60 times. Slower acceleration removes options and makes merging more difficult; not all high speed roads have onramps of adequate length.
Definitely agreed on weight.
The Y scale on the third graph is a joke; that’s like a 4% change over 20 years. Wheelbase is not the same as vehicle length.
I’m not sure it’s reasonable to directly complain about fast 0-60 times
It is certainly cause for concern when heavier and larger moving objects that are able to reach high speeds quicker are being controlled by increasingly more irresponsible people.
Something that’s twice the weight with twice the horsepower only accelerates the same speed. Double the weight and keep the horsepower and you’ll go half as fast.
The graphs aren’t entirely 100% related to each other. The twice as fast acceleration average isn’t because of the double horsepower, that only works if the weight also isn’t doubles.
