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This is what we call vehicle weight inflation. As cars get heavier and heavier, the roads get increasingly more dangerous for smaller cars, which causes everyon
by owenpalmer 3y ago
This is what we call vehicle weight inflation. As cars get heavier and heavier, the roads get increasingly more dangerous for smaller cars, which causes everyone to get bigger cars. And the loop continues.
- owenpalmer 3y agoI wish the inverse was possible, eventually getting us to bikes (instead of bulldozers).
- JumpinJack_Cash 3y agoit’s very possible. Bikes get out of harms way faster and in a much mire agile fashion compared to cars and the money you save by buying a bike instead of a car can be used to safely practice at a track that is optimized for safety and to make you learn the feedback system of your bike
- alephxyz 3y ago> Bikes get out of harms way faster and in a much mire agile fashion compared to cars That may be true but there are situations where you physically can't get out of harm's way even with good reflexes.
- ungamedplayer 3y agoThere always will be, since reality trends toward degradation.
- MagicMoonlight 3y agoEveryone gets bigger cars because bigger cars have more room inside so they're really comfortable and practical. Teslas are heavier because they have to use batteries and batteries are incredibly inefficient compared to petrol. This is the consequence of you asking them to get rid of combustion.
- 0xfae 3y ago> batteries are incredibly inefficient compared to petrol What are you getting on about? By what metric?
- red369 3y agoI assume they are referring to batteries having lower energy/power density, as opposed to the efficiency of the drivetrain
- rockemsockem 3y agoMass
- SheepSlapper 3y agoWeight, presumably, because that's the topic of the parent comment. Mile for mile, batteries are heavy and gasoline is (comparatively) light
- AYBABTME 3y agoThey're not "inefficient", they're less power-dense in terms of mass. There's many types of efficiencies and where a car is involved, EVs are largely more efficient in those measures than ICE cars.
- makeitdouble 3y ago> practical US trucks would be succesful internationally if that was the case.
- jejeyyy77 3y agoor, spun the other way - you're much more safe inside a cybertruck than any other car on the road.
- roflyear 3y agoThat doesn't support your argument whatsoever. Generally the safest cars are the cars that break quickly. They absorb energy through breaking.
- jejeyyy77 3y agolol, are you safer in a tank or a smart car?
- TerrifiedMouse 3y agoMaybe it depends on at what speed you are going. Crumple zones exist in cars because it’s better that the car absorbs (and deforms in the process) the kinetic energy of a crash than you the passenger inside.
- roflyear 3y agoDepends on the situation. I don't think the race to the top here is a good idea. You definitely do not want tanks on the highway. That would be insane.
- itsyaboi 3y agoCars that remain broken are safest of all!
- roflyear 3y agoAnd you'll pay a lot more in taxes to maintain the roads: "an increase in axle weight from 18,000 pounds to 20,000 pounds causes 50 percent more damage to the pavement." See: https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/mayjun-2009/exploring-vehicle-size-and-weight-solutions#:~:text=However%2C%20the%20amount%20of%20infrastructure,more%20damage%20to%20the%20pavement https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/mayjun-2009/exploring-.... It's massive!
- owenpalmer 3y agoWow that's crazy!
- quickthrowman 3y agoYeah, the formula for road damage is a very fast growing function ((vehicle weight^4)/number of axles)
- k7sune 3y agoI also think as heavier electric cars become more ubiquitous, they will impose a threat on structures like multi level garages that weren’t designed to take this amount of weight.
- JeremyNT 3y agoI really feel like a smaller, more nimble car is superior to these land yachts. You survive 100% of the crashes you avoid having, and it's much easier to avoid huge cars in a smaller car.
- canada_dry 3y ago> much easier to avoid huge cars in a smaller car Though, having a higher line-of-sight is advantageous and typically not a feature of small cars.
- hypercube33 3y agoThe bigger an ICE vehicle is the worse it's gas mileage can be with current laws in the US