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Re:2022 Ford F-150 Lightning by jessriedel on Friday May 21, 2021 @09:26PM (#27242299)
No. That would only be potentially true if people were proposing a law to limit the form factor of trucks that are driven in cities (and even if so, it would not be obvious; you'd have to look at the numbers). Since that isn't feasible, and all the proposed laws are about limiting the form factor of all consumer trucks, the average statics are the relevant ones.

You can always find a subpopulation where some effect is large; that can't be good reason to make rules that constrain the entire population.

Re:2022 Ford F-150 Lightning by SECProto on Friday May 21, 2021 @10:16PM (#27242663)
Observation: bigger and heavier vehicles are safer for their occupants in any impact.

Regulation: cars should be safer

Impact: All vehicles continuously increase in size and weight year on year, decreasing the safety of older vehicles and non-vehicular road users

Re:2022 Ford F-150 Lightning by jessriedel on Friday May 21, 2021 @10:19PM (#27242690)
You have not responded to my rebuttal to what you said, you're just bringing up a different argument.
Re:2022 Ford F-150 Lightning by SECProto on Friday May 21, 2021 @10:58PM (#27242942)
Sure, I don't actually know what your argument is to rebut? I know many people who would like to buy a ford ranger sized truck, but manufacturers discontinued them a decade ago because fuel efficiency regulations disincentivized them.