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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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