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@HallowellNash@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.

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A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.

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@HallowellNash@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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Vehicles are getting way too heavy to be safe.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11676601

A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.

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  • @nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    42•1 year ago

    A 7,000-pound vehicle is not a car. It is a truck.

    • @squirmy_wormy@lemmy.world
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      10•1 year ago

      Yeah…the article goes on to only talk about SUVs and trucks, not cars.

      A bit click baity.

    • @crispy_kilt@feddit.de
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      7•1 year ago

      It is a car if all it does is transport one worryingly fat human being from their home to their office and back

      • @squirmy_wormy@lemmy.world
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        13•1 year ago

        Behold, a car https://media.tenor.com/BTedXqbEgEQAAAAM/nikocado-scooter.gif

  • @ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee
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    13•1 year ago

    I have no affiliation, but this seems like a good place to bring attention to “The Guardrail Guy” on YouTube. He calls out damaged and improperly-installed guardrails. I’m not implying a bad guardrail had anything yo do with this particular incident. Just bringing awareness to a good citizen.

    • @Steak@lemmy.ca
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      2•1 year ago

      Yeah if this is the guy I think it is he lost his daughter to a car accident that involved an improperly constructed guardrail. If it was properly constructed she would probably have lived.

  • @Eczpurt@lemmy.world
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    9•1 year ago

    Guess it’s more of a guiderail if your car is massive enough, good lord.

    • @abbadon420@lemm.ee
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      6•1 year ago

      That’s what it’s supposed to be. It’s not supposed to stop a car, it’s supposed too guide a car away from a certain area, often trees or houses.

  • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ
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    2•1 year ago

    cars are too safe for those inside them. This is the result.

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