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Modern cars are generally overweight. A 1987 BMW 325 weighted 1200kg. Considering the advances of materials science and digital technology, weight should have g
by speed_spread 1y ago
Modern cars are generally overweight. A 1987 BMW 325 weighted 1200kg. Considering the advances of materials science and digital technology, weight should have gone down, not up. What's the daily purpose of that extra 600kg, other than protecting against an eventual collision with a monstruous pickup?
- adrianN 1y agoColliding with 1t of car is similarly deadly as with 2t of car. Traffic fatalities have gone way down in the past forty years.
- peterbecich 1y agoSafety arms race of vehicle size. We would all be better off collectively with smaller vehicles, imo.