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> And anxiety seems like a perfectly rational response to driving a 1500kg oversized killing machine. It's not as if cars were safer during the "Unsafe at Any
by dustincoates 3y ago
> And anxiety seems like a perfectly rational response to driving a 1500kg oversized killing machine.
It's not as if cars were safer during the "Unsafe at Any Speed" era. Why anxiety now and not then?
- switch007 3y agoDo you not think it's rational to be anxious? Not sure I accept the premise there was no anxiety then. But different generations think differently. Previous generations thought slavery was OK and accusing people of being witches a totally valid criticism. I can't really speak to the USA in that era as I'm neither old enough nor have I ever lived there.But I know the 60s and 70s was intensely car-focussed. Incredible amount of resources were thrown at forming a car-owning population. Maybe the marketing and widespread acceptance made people feel better about driving? Vehicular laws were more relaxed? Marketing telling people it was safe (governments hadn't caught up to counter the marketing)? Could be many reasons