Posted on 02/12/2021 5:02:36 AM PST by karpov
Watch this get spun into “masculine toxicity” because men drive big, strong trucks that mangle little cars driven by women.
Cars are racist.
A big car is like life insurance, except that when you crash your car, it doesn’t pay out to your heirs but instead likely saves your life.
Funny that the government mandates seat belts and helmets - and small cars (at the manufacturer level).
Nah, it’s not simply mandating. Women, many women, consider a car as a fashion accessory... they look at the smaller car and think “it’s cute” and tend to buy them, even when they have the means to buy a larger vehicle.
Even without mandates this would be happening... and car makers know it. They know if they can get a women to think a small car is “cute” they will sell better.
Call me sexist all you want, that’s reality.
You mean “cars are sexist bigots.”
What do fat chicks and mopeds have in common? They’re both fun to ride on but you don’t want your friends to see you with either one.
“Study: Smaller cars may be why crashes injure women more”
Most of the time it’s their imaginations.
Woman: size matters!!!
I have 2 cars. 1 is a SUV, other is a small chevy Spark. Driving the Spark, drivers cut me off often, seldom in the SUV.
a study from 1998-2015... things could’ve changed in the past 6 years since this study was conducted...
sounds like more fear porn...
Yes, CAFE kills. The number one cause of death in automobile accidents is collision with an immovable object ie trees, ditches, bridge abutments, etc.
“they look at the smaller car and think “it’s cute”
Absolutely true to a point. A Mini Cooper is cute; “smart” cars look like death traps.
The fashion accessory goes both ways. A lot of guys think driving a big decked out pick up truck is manly. I found the larger the vehicle the less likely a woman was driving it. I used to drive a motorhome and got surprised looks when I stopped for gas.
The only thing that’s changed is that less expensive cars are even smaller.
The only reason we finally gave in and got a minivan and a compact SUV was that there was no head or legroom in less expensive sedans anymore.
The most important equation in physics.
That's what she said.
I can see the nanny state leftists desire for control coming... They'll want to limit or tax the use of big bad trucks and SUVs - for the environment and as a women's health issue. No. For two very good reasons. One, sometimes you need a large vehicle. Two, eff you nanny state, who are you to tell me what I can or cannot drive? What happened to freedom, liberty, and personal choice?
Plus we’re talking collisions, not rollovers...
That could be skewing the data, too.
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