Comment on Tesla Has The Highest Accident Rate Of Any Auto Brand
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 months agoAnd what is a “fun” car? How do we determine that? Many cars that people call fun are normal hatchbacks. Nobody calls SUVs or pickups fun, and yet they’re far more dangerous. Should people drive more of those?
ExLisper@linux.community 9 months ago
A “fun” car is car that encourages dangerous driving by pretending to be a “sports” or “competitive” car or simply pretending it’s for “precision” driving or “racing”. Tuned cards, high horsepower cars, supercars. Do you understand it now? Cards should encourage safe, responsible driving. Yes, distracted driving kills the most people by speeding is close second and there’s entire industry of automotive press and TV shows that encourage it by promoting the idea that driving fast is fun. They kill thousands of people every year.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
But that’s not exclusively what people call a fun car, people call all kinds of cars fun.
In fact, pretty much the only cars that are basically never called fun are SUVs and pickups - the cars that are most dangerous!
I don’t believe that you’ll find any proof that, say, an MX-5/Miata is more dangerous or causes more deaths than a Ford F250. And yet you say the issue is with fun cars and sports cars.
Cars being enjoyable isn’t the issue. And the people behind car TV shows aren’t fucking synonymous with Nazis.
ExLisper@linux.community 9 months ago
To other people. I’m fine with they driving on a racetrack. I’m not fine with them promoting sports cars on public roads. I know they never say “speeding on public roads is fun” but the entire car culture they promote comes down to reckless driving really. And you’re hobby should never put other people in danger. Any other hobby that would sometimes kill bystanders would be banned. Also, millions of people die in car accidents, big chunk of them because speeding. The risk is not small.
As to what “fun” car is I’m not going to get into definitions here, I’m not writing a law. I think it’s clear what I mean. Most people drive under the speed limit, don’t accelerate or break suddenly, don’t take turns at high speeds. Driving for them is a normal activity. Other people do all those reckless things because they think it’s “fun”. Yes, you can drive recklessly in any car but some cars specifically promote it. I’m not talking about specific models, more about the idiotic car culture in general.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I want to see your data that sports cars or “fun” cars are the driving force of accidents.
Until we’ve established that, all of what you’re saying is completely baseless.