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Tall trucks, SUVs are 45% deadlier to US pedestrians, study shows
(www.reuters.com)
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The US public has repeatedly demonstrated that it would rather die than make even minor adjustments in their lives. So don't expect anything to get done.
Smaller cars? Over my dead body! Literally.
Have you tried to buy a small car/truck lately?
Yes :(
No, why would you purposefully buy a less capable, cheaply made vehicle that won't last, with an anemic engine that has less displacement than a carbonated beverage container?
Because it's cheaper, more fuel/energy efficient, I already have a larger, more capable, more durable vehicle with more displacement than my stock pots, and I'd prefer not to incur excessive wear and tear on my nice vehicle when I don't need its capabilities on the overwhelming majority of my drives. I only need it once or twice a week, but I use it for everything because it's what I have, and I can't get something small enough and cheap enough to justify an additional vehicle.
A Kei truck would be perfect. I could save about 90% of the miles I put on my good truck if I had a Japanese mini-truck. It would pay for itself in reduced wear and tear on my good truck in about 4 years. Unfortunately, they aren't street legal in my state.