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1. Oh my god those are so cute! It's like a kid's car, but for adults. I can only imagine trying to fit in one, my head would probably have to be stuck out the

by csours 8y ago

1. Oh my god those are so cute! It's like a kid's car, but for adults. I can only imagine trying to fit in one, my head would probably have to be stuck out the window. 2. “It’s safe,” said Ms. Li: “It doesn’t go fast enough to be dangerous.” - Oh no, not good at all! It doesn't matter how fast you are going, it matters how fast the other guy is going! The crash safety of modern cars is not an accident. It takes a lot of money to do the engineering, buy the proper materials, and put it together correctly.

duxup 8y ago
Maybe they're using lap belts but the little kids certainly weren't buckled in :(
dsfyu404ed 8y ago
>It doesn't matter how fast you are going, it matters how fast the other guy is going! The crash safety of modern cars is not an accident. It takes a lot of money to do the engineering, buy the proper materials, and put it together correctly. I think the safety complaint is irrelevant when the alternative is a bike or moped. It does also very much matter how fast you're going because a huge fraction of crashes only involve one vehicle.
- syntaxing 8y ago
  I think it concerning because people probably think its more safe than it actually is. This is definitely no safer than a bike or moped but the outer car housing gives a much stronger false sense of safety for the user.
  - romwell 8y ago
    >This is definitely no safer than a bike or moped Any tri- or quadricycle is most definitely safer than a bike or a moped. You can't fall off it when it's not moving, for starters.
    - Doxin 8y ago
      On the other hand you can, for example, get trapped inside it while it is on fire. There's tradeoffs here and it's not at all obvious which of the two options is safer.
wang0109 8y ago
I'd say it's good enough. The average speed on a town road is like 30 to 35kph (or 18mph), much "safer" than an ebike/bike which is the primary peer traffic in these kind of places. On faster roads, these guys drive "on the shoulder" so to speak, due to their speed they cannot stay in the main road.

by csours 8y ago

duxup 8y ago

Maybe they're using lap belts but the little kids certainly weren't buckled in :(

dsfyu404ed 8y ago

>It doesn't matter how fast you are going, it matters how fast the other guy is going! The crash safety of modern cars is not an accident. It takes a lot of money to do the engineering, buy the proper materials, and put it together correctly. I think the safety complaint is irrelevant when the alternative is a bike or moped. It does also very much matter how fast you're going because a huge fraction of crashes only involve one vehicle.

syntaxing 8y ago
I think it concerning because people probably think its more safe than it actually is. This is definitely no safer than a bike or moped but the outer car housing gives a much stronger false sense of safety for the user.
- romwell 8y ago
  >This is definitely no safer than a bike or moped Any tri- or quadricycle is most definitely safer than a bike or a moped. You can't fall off it when it's not moving, for starters.
  - Doxin 8y ago
    On the other hand you can, for example, get trapped inside it while it is on fire. There's tradeoffs here and it's not at all obvious which of the two options is safer.

wang0109 8y ago

I'd say it's good enough. The average speed on a town road is like 30 to 35kph (or 18mph), much "safer" than an ebike/bike which is the primary peer traffic in these kind of places. On faster roads, these guys drive "on the shoulder" so to speak, due to their speed they cannot stay in the main road.