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It’s not necessarily recklessness. Cars in the US have gotten much larger and heavier in recent years. A Ford F150 might be safe to drive, but it’s not safer

It’s not necessarily recklessness. Cars in the US have gotten much larger and heavier in recent years. A Ford F150 might be safe to drive, but it’s not safer for pedestrians and other road users than the smaller cars we used to have.

Nextgrid 4y ago
I bet phone usage is also a factor. Keep in mind that while we had cell phones for a while, it’s only within the past 10 years that the whole “distraction economy” became a thing, so while people may have used phones to communicate back in the day, nowadays they might be using the phones even more just to attend to those distractions.
- draw_down 4y ago
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- asdff 4y ago
  With T9 you could send a text with your one hand in your pocket. Try that with an iPhone...
  - Broken_Hippo 4y ago
    Text-to-speech is available on the iPhone, is it not? And it probably has the same accuracy as the spellcheck on the T9, unless you meant to talk about the ducking ponyman in your text.
- NineStarPoint 4y ago
  The phone usage thing also affects European countries though. Large cars becoming more common is an issue more unique to the US.
  - PebblesRox 4y ago
    That's a good point, although the phone usage could have a multiplier effect and cause proportionally more trouble in the US due to the bigger cars and more-car-oriented environment.
paganel 4y ago
Plus, modern US trucks are as big (if not as heavy) as WW2 tanks. Photos taken from the infamous DailyMail, but they look correct to me, that is [1] and [2] [1] https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/25/21/45875073-9823577-image-a-90_1627243295195.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/25/21/45875073-9823577-... [2] https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/25/21/45876985-9823577-As_American_vehicles_get_ever_larger_driven_largely_by_market_fa-a-92_1627243295501.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/25/21/45876985-9823577-...
- tshaddox 4y ago
  > if not as heavy A difference in mass of around 15x, I believe.
- popcalc 4y ago
  In some states you can register a tank to drive on the street!
PeterisP 4y ago
A Ford F150 is most dangerous to small pedestrians (i.e. your kids or the kids of those you visit) in the driveway which you can't see over your hood due to its size.

Nextgrid 4y ago

I bet phone usage is also a factor. Keep in mind that while we had cell phones for a while, it’s only within the past 10 years that the whole “distraction economy” became a thing, so while people may have used phones to communicate back in the day, nowadays they might be using the phones even more just to attend to those distractions.

draw_down 4y ago
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asdff 4y ago
With T9 you could send a text with your one hand in your pocket. Try that with an iPhone...
- Broken_Hippo 4y ago
  Text-to-speech is available on the iPhone, is it not? And it probably has the same accuracy as the spellcheck on the T9, unless you meant to talk about the ducking ponyman in your text.
NineStarPoint 4y ago
The phone usage thing also affects European countries though. Large cars becoming more common is an issue more unique to the US.
- PebblesRox 4y ago
  That's a good point, although the phone usage could have a multiplier effect and cause proportionally more trouble in the US due to the bigger cars and more-car-oriented environment.

paganel 4y ago

Plus, modern US trucks are as big (if not as heavy) as WW2 tanks. Photos taken from the infamous DailyMail, but they look correct to me, that is [1] and [2] [1] https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/25/21/45875073-9823577-image-a-90_1627243295195.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/25/21/45875073-9823577-... [2] https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/25/21/45876985-9823577-As_American_vehicles_get_ever_larger_driven_largely_by_market_fa-a-92_1627243295501.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/25/21/45876985-9823577-...

tshaddox 4y ago
> if not as heavy A difference in mass of around 15x, I believe.
popcalc 4y ago
In some states you can register a tank to drive on the street!

PeterisP 4y ago

A Ford F150 is most dangerous to small pedestrians (i.e. your kids or the kids of those you visit) in the driveway which you can't see over your hood due to its size.