A video by “Not Just Bikes”.

  • flamiera@kbin.melroy.org
    301·
    6 hours ago

    Hell I’m American and I don’t even like these unnecessary behemoths. America gotta go and enlarge everything for no reason. Guys drive them because it radiates small dick energy.

    • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
      12·
      5 hours ago

      Every time my wife and I get passed by another lifted 350, one of us usually goes, in a sing-song voice, “tiny penis” to which the other responds, *clap-clap-clapclap-clap"

      Or at least we used to. It’s so common now it’s not funny anymore.

      Car companies could make sensible smaller vehicles that give proper balance to comfort, safety, and serviceablility. Instead they want more money and to follow the least amount of regulations, so now everything has to be big and terrible for both the environment and people. They unilaterally decided “fuck everyone who isn’t in one of our cars”

      My city just installed another new lane down the main shopping area and made the existing ones wider to accommodate the huge spike in larger vehicles since covid.

      So far it’s caused several accidents because they shifted the lanes over and the lines are poorly marked right now, so some people are continuing straight while others swerve into them with the lines.

      Also it’s mostly to put in “turn only” lanes along the right side, but with how many people are turning it just congests as people try to “get around the slow traffic” and end up trying to merge with 2 car lengths before the intersection.

      Yes, I have very strong opinions on these matters, how did you guess?

    • vas@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      5·
      5 hours ago

      There’s also some “good old” lobbying from what I remember, with SUVs and Light Trucks literally being de-regulated and “cheaper” at a time where normal cars were taxed. At least that’s what I vaguely remember from another video of the same author: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo (he has links/proofs for his claims, everything I’ve checked or know so far was legit).

  • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    11·
    6 hours ago

    Cannot agree more. Especially even if it were for the car lobby, I’d rather protect European car makers who have smaller cars, than these import monstrosities.

    Optimal is of course public transit and bicycle&pedestrian, tho. For car drivers it’s actually better if those are better, 'cause that means fewer cars on the road (and therefore fewer traffic jams).

  • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 hours ago

    Well if your regulators actually fail to stop this at least it’s a good way to identify antisocial members of society

    • vas@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      8·
      6 hours ago

      While true, it will be of very little help for me if somebody whom I know will get killed by this…

      Additionally, all the car owners around it will start to feel less safe too (the US car phenomena). So maybe some people will start buying a small car instead of a tiny car, a medium car instead of a small one etc.

      • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 hours ago

        Indeed, it’s a true tragedy of the commons that can only be stopped at the regulatory level

        I believe America was the only western nation to see increased car deaths since 2010. We also have drivers with aftermarket headlamps and brake lights that seem to have no rules or regulations for safety or standardization. Combined with electric cars having super sensitive acceleration and virtually no barrier to getting a drivers license it’s beyond dangerous here.