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A distracted driver can kill pedestrians just as easily in a 3999lb vehicle.

• AlexandrB 3y ago
  All other things being equal, that's true. All other things are not equal though. The 4000lb+ vehicles often have worse visibility, so you have to pay more attention to make sure a kid didn't wander in front of your truck while you were waiting to make a right turn.
• Qwertious 3y ago
  >A distracted driver can kill pedestrians just as easily in a 3999lb vehicle. No they can't - a lighter vehicle has a slightly harder time killing people. It's still incredibly easy, but the pedestrian fatality rates do go down the lighter the vehicle is.
  • hinkley 3y ago
    Haven't we proven that the sense of invulnerability leads to worse outcomes as well?