Re:“Autobesity”: More than 150 car models too big for regula...
by peterlk on Saturday August 26, 2023 @01:56PM
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I think Europe is much better than the US for car safety. Having uniform bumper levels also help a lot. I’ve always wondered about the legality of driving a US pickup truck in Europe. Do you have any more resources about that sort of thing?
Re:“Autobesity”: More than 150 car models too big for regula...
by pharmakom on Saturday August 26, 2023 @03:08PM
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It’s culturally frowned apron (think “What does this person have to prove? How pathetic”) but that sentiment is being eroded by advertising. SUVs are more profitable to car manufacturers.
Re:“Autobesity”: More than 150 car models too big for regula...
by ajuc on Saturday August 26, 2023 @04:30PM
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It's not illegal, just dumb (fuel is much more expansive here, parking spaces and roads aren't designed for huge pickup trucks, and if you're a farmer it makes a lot more sense to have a regular car + farming tractor than to have a pickup truck). So basically only hobbyists drive pickups. I've maybe seen 10 of them this year?
This is not true. Euro NCAP ratings depend on how the car damages pedestrians:
https://www.euroncap.com/en/vehicle-safety/the-ratings-expla...
and crash avoidance technology:
https://www.euroncap.com/en/vehicle-safety/the-ratings-expla...
The effect this has on the cars on the market is huge. Jaguar and Mercedes had to remove their iconic badges, pop-up headlights disappeared, the fronts of cars are much higher and rounded to reduce head injuries in a crash, and every modern car has a multitude of crash avoidance technology that defaults to being turned on when the car is started.