@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square277fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down144
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minus-squarenocturnelinkfedilinkEnglish113•1 year agoTldr 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.
minus-square@Dnn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoHow about keeping the guard rails as they are and let the fat car drivers carry the risk?
minus-square@Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 year agoEven US drivers are not quite heavy enough to make a significant difference here. This has to do with car battery weights.
minus-square@starman@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoFat car can hit an innocent skinny car on the other side of the road, in case of an accident.
minus-square@Akasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThe problem is if they crash through the guard rail and kill or Injure others.
minus-square@afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoYeah 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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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