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> You are much safer being in a car when hit by another car than when not being in a car. The solution to this problem is not to have more cars, it is to have
by cmeacham98 1y ago
> You are much safer being in a car when hit by another car than when not being in a car.
The solution to this problem is not to have more cars, it is to have less (and probably stricter standards on obtaining and maintaining a driver's license).
- munificent 1y agoI don't have data, but I'm pretty sure you're even safer in a low speed car-to-car accident than in a low speed bike-to-bike accident.
- tizzy 1y agoThe maths says unlikely. Kinetic energy=0.5mv^2 The two variables are orders of magnitude smaller in one scenario, and the function grows quadratically.
- munificent 1y agoYes the energy is much larger in a car collision, but the fraction of that energy absorbed by the cars is also much larger. My face doesn't have a few feet of crumple zones on it, just a couple of millimeters of skin over bone.
- Mawr 1y agoYou're even safer in a low speed tank-to-tank accident. Which is the direction the car size and weight war is going anyway, after all "My family is safer in a massive SUV". Well then. Who cares about everyone else anyway. People outside of vehicles should just stop being poor and get one.