Re:Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley ...
by dontupvoteme on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @05:23PM
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>You also make trucks that regular people don't need but buy anyway, and make our streets less safe.
This is a race to the bottom effect. Those old simpsons jokes revealed a sad truth of our american car based society - If you want a bigger chance of surviving an accident, you want you and your loved ones in a bigger car.
Here in Europe you rarely get to speeds where you can even get a bruise in an accident, but in the unused stretches of the autobahn, it can be pretty terrifying. Not as terrifying as driving 70mph in Florida as teenagers pass at 120 and a granny is driving 40 though.
This is a race to the bottom effect. Those old simpsons jokes revealed a sad truth of our american car based society - If you want a bigger chance of surviving an accident, you want you and your loved ones in a bigger car.
Here in Europe you rarely get to speeds where you can even get a bruise in an accident, but in the unused stretches of the autobahn, it can be pretty terrifying. Not as terrifying as driving 70mph in Florida as teenagers pass at 120 and a granny is driving 40 though.