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(DIR) Post #ARKqco1h9Id9kIBO3U by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-05T14:12:36Z
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"At the risk of stating the obvious, such blistering acceleration serves no practical purpose on a public road, where it can jeopardize everyone’s safety."A good piece on the quixotic problem of electric-vehicle adoption in the US: The auto industry is seeing its hugest profits from electrifying the sprawlingly huge SUV and truck market -- but those vehicles, once electric, are both much heavier and much faster, making them ever-more dangerous to those around themhttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/electric-vehicles-suv-battery-climate-safety/672576/
(DIR) Post #ARKrSfdRam7gmNZQkS by mihobu@social.lol
2023-01-05T14:21:35Z
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@clive If there was ever a rationale good enough to convince people with smoke-belching pickup trucks and Trumps flags to buy electric vehicles this is it
(DIR) Post #ARKsIuqCIpsiztRqoS by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-05T14:31:21Z
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@mihobu Heh heh yeah"You can pose *even more* of a mortal threat to people around you, as you drive a multiton vehicle half a mile to buy a single carton of milk"
(DIR) Post #ARKsR3iXBUoWqMkMTo by iapfel@mastodon.world
2023-01-05T14:31:29Z
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@clive I just want to point out that the converse could be true too: "At the risk of stating the obvious, such slow bicycle speeds serves no practical purpose on a public road, where it can jeopardize everyone’s safety."
(DIR) Post #ARKsYfgkPHq4dVXbE0 by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-05T14:32:06Z
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@iapfel Heh heh trueBut that's only assuming you figure roads exist only for cars
(DIR) Post #ARKsfkwtFOb6yhTBpo by iapfel@mastodon.world
2023-01-05T14:35:08Z
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@clive You cyclists get offa my lawn!
(DIR) Post #ARKsmreii367o3MPEu by whatzaname@masto.ai
2023-01-05T14:36:14Z
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@clive All vehicles should be #speed limited, in relation to speed limits. No consumer vehicle should be permitted that is greatly oversized. Our #streets are for conducting human #travel, and should be safe for all. Hard to imagine, but if we can require seat belts we can mandate other safety rules. People who cry for freedom to kill others for their fun and convenience will always be crying. They can use their toys off road, in their own privately owned courses (those exist everywhere now!)
(DIR) Post #ARKt3T0FcYjaGoLdA0 by alan_maignan@mastodon.top
2023-01-05T14:39:47Z
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@clive after a time you get used to the acceleration and just drive "as usual". I have 2 EVs, the slowest Tesla and probably one of the slower EV (it almost drives like an ICE car). For the weight, it's different car to car, a Model 3 weighs as much a BMW 3 series. But I get your point ;)
(DIR) Post #ARKtrEpIbTcYmUxSXA by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-05T14:48:50Z
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@alan_maignan Yeah, I figured that one would pretty quickly adapt to the speed, and figure out its tolerances!The problem with those big trucks is as much with the massive blind spots in *front* of the vehicle, given how high the frunk is lolThat's not a problem with the teslas, which I gather have superb sight lines
(DIR) Post #ARKtyBoUCk3zSmtObY by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-05T14:49:28Z
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@iapfel lolAnd pedestrians!I'm in NYC where I drive a car, cycle, and walk, so I can get pissed off in three different ways *at myself*
(DIR) Post #ARKuHKdtbNt2Lg4COW by TwoBodyProblem@mas.to
2023-01-05T14:53:32Z
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@clive Arguably, everything brings out the worst in us.
(DIR) Post #ARKwCPnlC1cuoGSpHs by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-05T15:15:03Z
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@TwoBodyProblem We do seem to cause a lot of problems for ourselves, as Saint Augustin noted
(DIR) Post #ARKybl5HOyAzxqs3ZA by BigD@mastodon.nz
2023-01-05T15:41:58Z
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@clive Yes, but there are road rules and maximum speed limits and things like etiquette. It ain't the vehicle that knows that that stuff still applies.
(DIR) Post #ARKysae5SukeVqB57o by iapfel@mastodon.world
2023-01-05T15:45:08Z
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@clive All at the same time?!?
(DIR) Post #ARKzAiOLP81HkVSNdY by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-05T15:47:43Z
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@iapfel Very occasionally yesmostly just 2/3 though
(DIR) Post #ARLFvALfONix2jNMCe by musicman@mastodon.social
2023-01-05T18:55:54Z
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@clive the small penis, big truck culture is dumb, I don't disagree with that, but the idea that that acceleration serves no practical purpose on a public road suggests the writer has never tried to merge into or out of a Twin Cities cloverleaf