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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I never understood the "Slow Children" warning sign. It's the fast ones you have to be concerned about. The fast ones will run out in front of you before you have a chance to react.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but "slow" here means you slow down

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago

My girlfriend bought me a shirt with this on it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Who will buy a car as big as it? I mean, it will cost you a ton of money in fuel and finding a spot to park it will be complicated at minimun.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago

Can confirm, live in the US and probably 1/3 of the vehicles I see on the road are large pickup trucks that I doubt are even used to haul what they're built for.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

That GMC vehicle probably would be classified a truck outside USA/Canada/Australia. Thus requiring a license of a type mostly only pro drivers would have. Not that that fixes everything but would reduce risk (statistically).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Not sure about that.

In Europe you can drive trucks up to 3.5 T with a car license.

Taxes might reduces ownership tho.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

And the price of fuel for such monsters tho

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Punishing individuals for their consumption choices instead of holding corporations responsible is not a good or ethical way of combatting climate change.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Perhaps you make a point there. However, the discussion was more on traffic safety (and slightly about drivers with small members). So I do not know why you brought that up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

I'm in my 30's and just about to get my license and first car. I'm having sticker shock as I start to calculate out how much it will cost me. Hopefully I can switch over to car sharing services as said car reaches the end of its lifetime. Most of my trips can be made by bike or transit, and for a small fraction of the price.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

It's more humane if they die on impact rather than from inner bleeding in the hospital.