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A comment on China’s Giant Market for Really Tiny Cars. Parent comment

Re:China’s Giant Market for Really Tiny Cars by syntaxing on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @02:04PM (#18068855)
I think it concerning because people probably think its more safe than it actually is. This is definitely no safer than a bike or moped but the outer car housing gives a much stronger false sense of safety for the user.
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Re:China’s Giant Market for Really Tiny Cars by romwell on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @09:42PM (#18072022)
>This is definitely no safer than a bike or moped

Any tri- or quadricycle is most definitely safer than a bike or a moped. You can't fall off it when it's not moving, for starters.

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Re:China’s Giant Market for Really Tiny Cars by Doxin on Thursday September 27, 2018 @09:19AM (#18084133)
On the other hand you can, for example, get trapped inside it while it is on fire.

There's tradeoffs here and it's not at all obvious which of the two options is safer.

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