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This seems to be a widely disliked comment here, but I'll back you up. I drove a sedan most of my adult life, then had kids, and am now looking into buying a la
by qwerpy 4y ago
This seems to be a widely disliked comment here, but I'll back you up. I drove a sedan most of my adult life, then had kids, and am now looking into buying a large truck or SUV to carry the kids around in. I can't control the cars that others are driving around me or their driving skills or sobriety level, but I can control the car I drive. It's an arms race, I admit. But I will optimize for the safety of my children above all else, so large vehicle it is.
- asdff 4y agoBy doing that, you are also signalling demand to the market for heavier cars, which makes it more dangerous for your children when they cross the street as this article points out.
- anonymousab 4y agoThat signaling will most assuredly occur from the rest of society regardless of the choice he makes. Since the trend will continue regardless of his personal choice, one option is clearly safer for him than the other.
- asdff 4y agoI mean the odds you hit your own kid with your car one day are slim but non zero as well
- reducesuffering 4y agoAnd so have the other commenters that agree with you. Prisoner's dilemna, all your kids are now more unsafe. I have been alive for three people I know to get killed by cars as pedestrians. Fools
- fzeroracer 4y agoWhat happens if your kids decide to start walking around to places? To school, with friends, or to do stuff? In that time you've signaled to the market that you want larger vehicles on the road, which makes it progressively less safe for your children to walk anywhere while slightly more safe in your vehicle. John Neighbor follows the market and has bought an even larger car. Now you are in the position of needing to buy a larger car as well in order to maintain your relative safety standards.
- elenaferrantes 4y agoHow long before we see tanks on the roads ?