How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking”

Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by forinti on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @05:08PM (#16163190)

I think we should limit the mass of urban cars, so that they would not be heavier than a golf cart. This way, most accidents would be of no consequence (I remember an out-of-control cart in a football stadium that hit several people and none were hurt), and we could let even younger people drive.

It really makes no sense for an 80Kg person to go around in a 1000kg vehicle.

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Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by mulmen on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @05:38PM (#16163417)

Mass is only part of the equation. If you move a golf cart at 45mph it's still going to do damage if it hits someone. We have to reduce speed as well and that means it takes longer to get to your destination. There are solutions there (mixed use/high density residential?) but it's not as simple as "smaller cars".

The 1000kg vehicle protects the 80kg person from harm because the 80kg person is not designed to go 100kph.

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