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I’d add that the pollution from older vehicles causes the premature deaths of quite a lot of people and sickness in a whole bunch more. Particularly if it’s bur
by rgmerk 4y ago
I’d add that the pollution from older vehicles causes the premature deaths of quite a lot of people and sickness in a whole bunch more. Particularly if it’s burning oil, which a lot of old cars do.
- WarOnPrivacy 4y agoMy daily driver is from 1996. My son's daily driver is from 1963 and he's about to take it on a 3k mi trip. We also have a 69 and a 61. We are monsters.
- rgmerk 4y agoThe US Clean Air Act is estimated to prevent over 200,000 premature deaths each and every year. https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/benefits-and-costs-clean-air-act-1990-2020-second-prospective-study https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/benefits-and-cost... Like it or not, old cars spew highly toxic crap out their exhaust.
- jacquesm 4y agoI'll happily bet that mine is in better shape than 80% or so of what rolls of the assembly line. It's better than it was when it was first built. Anyway, it's interesting how 'old' is immediately associated with 'unsafe', whereas the main deciding factor isn't really how old the car is but how well it has been maintained, what price bracket it is in (cheap cars are much less safe than expensive ones) and what make & model. Then there is the driver, experience level, whether they drink and drive and are well rested. Because the best way to survive an accident is to avoid getting into one in the first place. There are obvious outliers on all of these and my personal safety is rather high on my list of things to be careful with.