Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars?
by DrThunder on Thursday November 30, 2023 @09:20AM
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Most modern SUV's aren't trucks in any sense. They crossovers built on car frames.
yes, but I'm speaking about the legal classification. They are always light trucks in the US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_truck
Side note, the Wikipedia page has a section about how SUVs get away with less stringent emissions standards
Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars?
by sulam on Thursday November 30, 2023 @10:47AM
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Legally they are light trucks. Obviously that's not how they're used or designed.
Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars?
by soulofmischief on Friday December 01, 2023 @12:06PM
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I agree with what you're saying but as a counterpoint, I was literally run over in my driveway by a guardian and almost died, and he was in a '90s Tacoma.
My saving grace was that the truck was so light that even at age five I managed to survive being crushed under one of the wheels thanks to my aluminum frame bike wrapping around my ribcage. Even a modern-day Tacoma is much larger and probably would have killed me.
Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars?
by eternityforest on Saturday December 02, 2023 @12:56AM
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They want to add automatic braking laws for that, right? I wonder how statistics will change when there are no longer any cars that can't auto brake sold?
It's also decreased for anyone NOT willing to buy a "light truck" (e.g. a modern SUV). There's a loophole that makes it so that light trucks don't have to be tested against the same safety standards as other vehicles. Basically they just have to prove they're safe to crash into other light trucks but do not have to be tested against regular passenger vehicles. This loophole is credited as one of the main reasons car fatalities have been rapidly growing in the US but falling in most other nations. And also for the massive recent explosion in size (again, mainly observed in the US).
But size is just one factor that's reduced safety. Another one is reduced visibility. One of the contributors to the rise in fatalities has been due to parents literally running over their own children in their driveways. These are low-speed, suburban vehicle fatalities that are not happening in other countries