Re:Trapped Under Trucks
by bob_neumann on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @09:33PM
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Not a truck driver, hardly ever even met one. But boy, do I agree with the trailer manufacturers. The trailers aren't the problem. These tiny modern cars are incredibly dangerous. There ought to be a regulation against little bitty cars.
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Is this supposed to be satire?
Re:Trapped Under Trucks
by LordShredda on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @10:07PM
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Could be nixon from hell
Don't forget that Nixon established the EPA. So he wasn't entirely anti-regulation. (or maybe there were political pressures, I don't know the details.)
Environmental protection was historically a conservative thing. "Conservation" and all that. Free markets were a left-wing thing in the past. These things aren't set in stone.
Assuming you're being serious (god I hope not; how ignorant), no, that's not the problem. Sure, tiny tiny cars are more vulnerable in a crash, but we're talking about normal-size sedans here. Even a smaller SUV probably wouldn't fare so well.