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Detroit is a little more willing to build killing people into its business model. Hence the 30,000+ death toll on the roads for the past century, their big pus
by akgerber 11y ago
Detroit is a little more willing to build killing people into its business model.
Hence the 30,000+ death toll on the roads for the past century, their big push in the 1990s to replace lightweight cars with big heavy SUVs, and their present push to build big automated distraction screens into the middle of cars.
- mc32 11y agoAre you saying the US car industry is more willing than European, Japanese, Chinese and Indian auto manufacturers in producing cars which are marginally more dangerous, on the whole? I think you are overstating your case. They all provide as much as their market demand. So, in some markets you see fewer safety features (see south African auto market)
- kazinator 11y agoSUVs probably do a better job of protecting the driver and passengers in a collision, and are no more efficient at killing non-motorists than "light weight". You can easily be mowed down by a Smart Fortwo.
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