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EDIT: modified the title to specify that the context is UK, not USA
Cross-post da: https://slrpnk.net/post/21686998
Author of the article is: https://slrpnk.net/u/frankPodmore
EDIT: modified the title to specify that the context is UK, not USA
Basic physics says that lighter vehicles have less inertia, that carries less force, that stops faster and causes less damage. Let alone the host of other benefits of smaller cars, environmental, psychological, societal etc.
I’m not denying that smaller cars are more sane, I’m just saying that no matter what a car that weighs over a thousand pounds, especially at any sort of speed, still has great potential to kill. Motorcycles that weigh less have hit and killed pedestrians.
Indeed - but that’s not the central issue here.
Traffic casualties, like running a reverse casino and deciding which games to include, are a matter of statistics.
Something that will kill you 9 times / 10 vs 4/10 will simply cause less deaths, the same for lesser injuries, less cost on society in general.
I don’t see the value of equivocating the two by ignoring their statistics.