Comments by "Immudzen" (@Immudzen) on "Why Americans love big cars" video.

When to big cars collide though they bring even more kinetic energy into the impact than two small cars. The arms race only works if you are getting than all the others and so it just loses in the end.
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Some cities in Europe are already charging them more to park and fining them if they overhang onto the sidewalk or bike paths. So lets hope that continues to push back against these emotional support vehicles.
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@bwofficial1776 The VAST majority of them never tow anything. They have worse capacity than older Subaru station wagons. They have FAR worse visibility around the vehicle with huge blind spots. Most tanks have better visibility than an SUV does. They are emotional support vehicles that exist because of a mistake in the law.
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@ar12. All small is better than all medium or all large. The heavier the vehicle the more kinetic energy it takes into the impact and the harder than is to deal with. There is only so much you can improve the materials before they just physically fail. So in the end we would all be better off if we used a minimum vehicle weight.
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@robin2821 That is normally when you need the government to step in and change the rules or you need to find a way to quit the game. For instance by moving somewhere that does not have these vehicles.
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@thomasgrabkowski8283 I have seen some of them in Germany but not that many yet. I still hope we can get those things banned. They are just not safe to have on the roads.
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Low speed impacts with trucks/suvs are mostly non-surviveable for pedestrians and bikes. They hit you so high on your body even at 15 mph they do lethal damage. Cars mostly damage your legs and throw you up on the hood. Your legs get broken but you usually live.
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