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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by throwworhtthrow on Thursday April 20, 2023 @10:02PM (#35648989)
> Big trucks aren't causing social ills for anyone except people that have nothing better to do but complain about other people enjoying their own lives.

"These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35202168

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by chrisco255 on Thursday April 20, 2023 @10:35PM (#35649172)
Oh cute, a thinkpiece for a hot button topic exists on the internet. Meanwhile Motor Vehicle Deaths have not changed significantly in 40+ years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in...

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by throwworhtthrow on Thursday April 20, 2023 @10:52PM (#35649278)
"Effects of large vehicles on pedestrian and pedalcyclist injury severity" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36031254/

Just one of many reports from the past 20 years documenting the correlation between vehicle size and deaths/injuries to those on the receiving end. You'll find similar conclusions from IIHS, NHTSA, etc.

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by kaibee on Thursday April 20, 2023 @10:54PM (#35649292)
> Meanwhile Motor Vehicle Deaths have not changed significantly in 40+ years.

This is not the win you think it is.

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by kalleboo on Friday April 21, 2023 @12:27AM (#35649800)
> Meanwhile Motor Vehicle Deaths have not changed significantly in 40+ years

That's a massive failure, in other developed countries, motor vehicle deaths have drastically declined in 40 years.

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