Comment on xkcd #3167: Car Size

• argarath@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Smaller modern cars still have the same safety features, marketing has found the best way to make consumers want new and more expensive cars through the idea of big car=safe, which only becomes true if the other car involved in a crash is also big, but just like the comic shows, it becomes an arms race where it only increases the danger, as a bigger car also has bigger inertia, so a crash at the same speed has drastic different energy transference.

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  • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    people like bigger cars for many other reasons.

    they are more comfortable. they are safer, they fit more stuff. they have more features than smaller cars.

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    • taco_daemon@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      that’s true, but from what i’ve seen these gigantic cars really don’t offer that much more space; if space/capacity was really a concern family buses/vans whatever would be much more popular. where i live most people i see on SUVs are alone on their car, bigger families just get a Citroen Berlingo <3

      but yeah people do like big cars

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