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.
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.
The most important equation in physics.
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?
What would we do without all of these “studies” and their “experts.”
“Men and women crashed in minivans and SUVs in about equal proportions, the researchers found. But around 70% of women crashed in cars, compared with about 60% of men. And more than 20% of men crashed in pickups, compared with less than 5% of women.”
What I now understand.
Men and women crash minivans and SUVs at the same rate.
Women crash cars 10% more than men.
Women crash trucks at a lower rate than men.
Conclusion
Everyone should drive a truck.
People need to buy a safe car. Go to the IIHS site before buying any vehicle.
It tells you how you will be maimed or killed when that vehicle is in an accident.
For years smaller cars have been killing men and women. Now that someone says the deaths are not “equal,” they go into a panic over the news.
Here’s a hint. Women are on average smaller than men, on average. So naturally women choose smaller cars.
What next? legislation to kill as many men as needed to achieve “equality” in the deaths?
Have ten kids and drive a 15-passenger van.
On the one hand, single women, even obese ones, cram themselves into tiny cars, probably for appearance’s sake. OTOH, married women are often seen driving massive “Mommy Boat” SUVs with their kids. Statistically, though, this makes a lot of sense.