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I wonder if this is the game theory reason for so many people buying trucks now. Trucks keep getting bigger and bigger as a defense mechanism or something.
by Suppafly 3y ago
I wonder if this is the game theory reason for so many people buying trucks now. Trucks keep getting bigger and bigger as a defense mechanism or something.
- zelon88 3y agoAbsolutely. 1000%. I buy trucks primarily because the capability aligns with my hobbies, and secondarily because the mass affords me additional safety. My F150 is 6,000lbs. I imagine a 2,800lb Corolla wouldn't fair too well in a frontal offset crash with me. Infact my vehicle would maintain forward inertia. The Corolla would reverse direction. That's a lot of Gs that the Corolla gets that I won't.
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoAll of that benefit is lost if you swerve and start rolling over like trucks with a higher center of gravity tend to. All that extra weight is harder to stop if you need to as well, so it's not purely a safety upgrade.
- tonyedgecombe 3y agoI remember Top Gear doing a feature on this. If I remember correctly SUVs were four times more likely to turn over in an accident than a traditional saloon car.
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- noqc 3y agoThe prisoner's dilemma indeed describes a lot of unregulated markets.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoThere was an article I read a few years back (I think on Vice; I might be able to find it again) which more or less made this exact argument. They used the marketing material for trucks as evidence, pointing out that much of the material would show a vehicle "conquering" something like reaching the top of a rock formation or something. Ever since reading that article I pay way more attention to vehicle marketing, video and photo. It's actually pretty common to see the "conquering". The camera is below the car looking up at an angle. Most commonly for SUVs and trucks.