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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 96 points 2 months ago (31 children)

I swear the number of car-brained people who have told me (when discussing a pedestrian or child death in a car):

Well what were they doing in the road???

Why the FUCK does it matter what they were doing in the road. I don't care where the parents were. I don't care what they were doing there. There is no excuse, I don't care if it's the freaking freeway, if you see someone you stop. But these people can't even see over their hoods so they have no clue there's even someone there, so they've shifted all blame to the other person. It couldn't be my fault, it must be there's!

Fuck I'm so mad at them, and the auto industry is also to blame for promoting that way of thinking. "If you're in an auto accident, your family will be safe. Just fuck those other people right?)

It's America's selfishness, just blatantly on display.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (24 children)

The 93 ford ranger was perfect. I hate these fucking abominations we have now and I think industry grossly underestimated the demand for a sensible pickup

[–] nirodhaavidya@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep, first gen Tacoma is perfect in my mind. The new tacos are bigger than the F150 was! Why!? It's ridiculous.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Why!?

Because bigger vehicles can simply ignore various regulatory and efficiency requirements.

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