• nocturne@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    Tldr most guard rails are designed to stop vehicles under 5000lbs. Passenger vehicles are starting to exceed that, and EVs can weight 30% more than ICE vehicles.

    • Dnn@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      How about keeping the guard rails as they are and let the fat car drivers carry the risk?

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          8 months ago

          I don’t think they are saying that the drivers are fat. Or at least it would be insane to say that society shouldn’t care about the safety of fat people.

          It’s more likely that they said that the cars are fat which they are.

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        8 months ago

        Fat car can hit an innocent skinny car on the other side of the road, in case of an accident.

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        8 months ago

        The problem is if they crash through the guard rail and kill or Injure others.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Yeah you say that now but when that article comes out about all those kids in a SUV dying you will be upset that the government cheapened out.