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Garbage in, garbage out
Seems like natural selection in progress.
Buy a Cybertruck, fuck around, see what happens.
It also handily preselects for douche.
Can we like, mark this as NSFW?
The pinto is a myth
Pintos represented 1.9% of all cars on the road in the 1975–76 period. During that time, the car represented 1.9% of all "fatal accidents accompanied by some fire". This implies the Pinto was average for all cars and slightly above average for its class.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto#Retrospective_safety_analysis
Why are we talkaing about this? Who needs this sheet?
And some people wonder why the cybertruck is barely sold outside the US.
Everything I hear about this thing is bad.
It's barely sold outside the US because other places (like the EU) also care about the safety of people outside the vehicle. That's why European and Asian cars (except the models explicitly for the US market like the Tacoma) are designed for pedestrians to be deflected, while US cars are a moving brick wall which will squish them like a bug.
Also, I suspect you'd need commercial plates and a special license to drive it most other places, due to the weight.
Do you have a reasonable alternative solution to teach pedestrians lessons?
Edit: (/s)
Pedestrians would probably learn more from the experience if they don't die.
^(^^s^^o^^r^^r^^y^ ^d^^r^^o^^p^^p^^e^^d^ ^/^^s^^)^
keep in mind that while the cybertruck might seem like a bad vehicle, it also is a bad vehicle
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i knew it!
No. Shit. Sherlock.
god bless American auto regulations for allowing unique vehicles on the road (and the ability to sue for damages when the idiot driver hits you)
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