• madame_gaymes@programming.dev
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    5 days ago

    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.

    • whereisk@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      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.