America’s Pedestrian Death Crisis: 77% Rise in a Decade Shows How Car Capitalism Kills Walkers
  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    6 months ago

    I propose we trick our fellow Americans by making smol cars offroady enough to embarrass an F150:

    Look at them! Who would want a rolling brick over that?

    And the Ford Focus is already mostly there.

      • M0oP0o@mander.xyzEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        My old job had me going to a lot of places in very bad conditions and off road. I always drove an audi or a subaru and watched the lifted trucks spin out / go in the ditch / flip over / get stuck / and generally have a poor showing.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        And functional! You’re looking at Dakar rally champions, and hatchbacks so unreasonably fast on dirt, their league was banned.

        This is what actual off-roaders look like.