• @Dead_or_Alive
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    -489 months ago

    I drive a 7000lb vehicle. My passengers are very comfortable and safe. I am fine with everything else you’ve laid out as long as 1 my family is safe and 2 we are comfortable. I’m happy to trade off on everything else on your list to maximize the results for 1 and 2.

    I thank whatever deity or random chance that happened that I don’t live like a Europoor in a country that can limit my choices.

    • @crackgammon
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      9 months ago

      “everyone else will suffer for my comfort, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make”

      • @SlippyCliff76
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        19 months ago

        Only you don’t have to give up comfort for efficiency and road safety. Large sedans/wagons offer generous trunk space, ample seating for multiple adults, and very comfortable accomidations. Yet they don’t worsen traffic safety for others, and they offer superior protection with their lower rollover risk.

        • @LemmysMum
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          Shame doesn’t work on morons, that’s how you can tell someone’s a moron. No shame, only belligerence.

    • @Rob
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      209 months ago

      It’s an arms race where cars just keep getting bigger for supposed safety. Cars are safer than they have ever been, but that’s not a direct consequence of their increasing size.

      Meanwhile, the trend of ever larger cars makes it unsafer for everyone outside of the vehicle. If you care about your family being safe, you might also want to consider how safe they are when they’re not inside of the vehicle.

      • @Dead_or_Alive
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        -139 months ago

        My kids don’t play in the street, they are plenty safe. A 7000lb vehicle keeps them safe on the road.

        • @Rob
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          59 months ago

          This is such a sad state of affairs. Please try to reflect a little; your viewpoint seems to be completely self-centered without any regard for the people around you.

          But even if you only care about your children directly: them only playing inside is such a waste. And if all of your neigbours hold the same views as you do, you’re never getting out of that hole.

    • Art35ian
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      159 months ago

      Yee-haw, got me and my jumbo-sized family a jumbo-sized vee-hickle and not Obama or nobody else gon’ tell me what I am, or what I ain’t drivin’ on these star spangled streets of Murica.

      • @Dead_or_Alive
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        -159 months ago

        Yep me and my jumbo sized families descendants will inherit the earth. Most Europoor nations can’t even produce enough kids to replace the people they have.

        Enjoy becoming irrelevant and going extinct Eurotrash.

        • @Syrc
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          69 months ago

          Most Europoor nations can’t even produce enough kids to replace the people they have.

          Totally different from US states that are so desperate for workforce that they have to outlaw abortion, right?

        • @sudneo
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          29 months ago

          Dude, we already know education is expensive in US, you don’t need to actively show it to the world. We get it.