Comment on U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Up 77% Since 2009 & The Auto Industry Knew It Would Happen

• ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And their relationship with reality. It always reminds me of that graph that shows a modern tank is less likely to hit a child in the road than a GMC Sierra.

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  • mirshafie@europe.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, for sure. There’s an element of failing to grasp basic concepts of physics here, intertwined with a psychology of not wanting to feel small I suppose.

    I tried to explain to my sister that you don’t actually see more of the road when you sit higher up, it’s just that the road takes up a larger portion of your field of view. You actually see less of the road because the part directly around your car (the most important part) is obscured. She thought I was twisting words and got angry. If we lived in the USA her 150 cm ass would be driving an F-150.

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    • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If the other vehicles around you are blocking your view, she is technically right, and you are technically wrong.

      And so many vehicles now have [what I would assume to be factory standard but still illegally] overtinted windows, you can’t even reliably see through the vehicle in front of you

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      • mirshafie@europe.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You’re trying to tell me that we need an arms race of taller cars, so we can see past the cars in front of us? For road safety?

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