boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square206fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square206fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareDnn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoHow about keeping the guard rails as they are and let the fat car drivers carry the risk?
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoEven US drivers are not quite heavy enough to make a significant difference here. This has to do with car battery weights.
minus-squarestarman@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoFat car can hit an innocent skinny car on the other side of the road, in case of an accident.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThe problem is if they crash through the guard rail and kill or Injure others.
How about keeping the guard rails as they are and let the fat car drivers carry the risk?
Even US drivers are not quite heavy enough to make a significant difference here. This has to do with car battery weights.
Fat car can hit an innocent skinny car on the other side of the road, in case of an accident.
The problem is if they crash through the guard rail and kill or Injure others.