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[-] Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip 60 points 4 months ago

As someone from Texas, these are disgusting, and people driving this garbage are not friendly towards pedestrians at all. They have no self awareness sitting inside these killing machines.

The only reason for 99.9% of people to drive this garbage is to feel big when on the road. How petty.

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There is also the factor of danger and safety. People are observing more gigantic cars on the road and being in a smaller one makes them feel unsafe. So they get a bigger one when they get a new car, perpetuating the problem.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Many of my family is in this. They keep getting bigger vehicles because they get the sense of safety. They cannot grasp how bad that mentality is and how wrong they are. And with bigger vehicles, it means that much less room for error too. And most people suck at driving. Not all the time, but that one time you make a mistake (as we all do) could be a big one in an oversized vehicle.

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