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Ram trucks drive like fucking assholes so I believe this. Damn near any time you see one of those lifted Dodge trucks on the highway you can assume they’ll behave like a jerk if given the opportunity.

And as far as Teslas go, I really do not think people should have cars that accelerate that fast. People are dumb as shit and Tesla’s slowest model has a 0-60 of under 6 seconds and a lot of their cars are sub 4 seconds. That’s super car territory.

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Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Super car acceleration, normal car braking.

It's not a great combination in a car that's heavy, but I guess you don't sell cars by bragging about braking distances.

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- Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Tires moreso than brakes. Ultra low rolling resistance tires help increase range. But they’re crap for high acceleration/deceleration. Not sticky enough (by design) to work in those situations.
  
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- IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Plus they are designed to have low amount of aerodynamic drag. So no aerodynamic grip in fast corners.
  
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  - Zak@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    On most public roads, if you’re driving fast enough for downforce to be an issue, your poor judgment is the primary factor in any resulting crash.
    
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    cooopsspace@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Truer words have never been said
    
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  - Mac@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Which is true but not any different than normal cars. Very very very few cars have enough aero to matter—even on the track.
    
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WantsToPetYourKitty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Ram trucks also are the #1 vehicle for DUIs in the US.

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- littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  The Venn diagram for Ram trucks, domestic abuse, DUIs, religiosity, and racist fucks is indistinguishable from a circle.
  
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  - cooopsspace@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Also gun ownership and wife beating probably
    
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designatedhacker@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
They dropped to second place for DUIs at least. BMW drivers are nearly twice as likely to be caught driving drunk.

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LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Truck nuts and racist bumper/rear windshield stickers are a must haves

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TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
As someone who has done racing on a track and has felt 0-60 in 2.9 seconds, most people wouldnt even be cabile of keeping the car in its lane. And most ram drivers are pure dicks.

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- Balex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  As someone who has floored it in a Tesla with no racing experience, it really isn’t hard to stay in the lane.
  
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anticommon@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I drive a lifted RAM and in the last twelve months three people have hit me. Two were in Subarus. One was drunk.

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- stewsters@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  That seems pretty high. You are bringing those numbers up.
  
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watcher@nopeeking.link ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I agree, but what to do about owners of supercars then? It’s not like if they have any particular training to operate them safely, for the most part.

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