• Tavarin
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    7 months ago

    Having a vehicle that emits more pollution, does more damage to roads, and is more likely to kill pedestrians is pretty fucking selfish and deserving of hate.

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        7 months ago

        Nope. Trucks are awful. Unless you actually need one on the regular for your work you should not buy one.

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      7 months ago

      Selfish? Bro get a fucking grip.

      The responsibility of pollution is not on individuals. The pollution from mega corps compared to the every day man is a staggering exponential difference.

      More likely to kill pedestrians? All vehicles can kill pedestrians. How is this even a talking point you idiots parrot back and forth.

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        It’s also on individuals, our purchasing choices shape what corporations decide to make. if people only bought fuel efficient vehicles companies wouldn’t build these idiotic mega polluting trucks.

        And trucks are vastly more dangerous for pedestrians than other vehicles. they have massive blind spots, and weight a shitton more. As trucks have kept getting bigger, pedestrian deaths have gone up, that’s why we bring it up.

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        7 months ago

        Would you rather get hit by a Ford F-150 or a Ford Focus? Seriously, imagine you’re walking and one of those things plows into you.

        They’re unnecessarily dangerous to everyone else. There are plenty of studies to back up the obvious

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        7 months ago

        It’s way more likely to kill pedestrians. Trucks and SUVs have terrible sight lines for pedestrians, especially children, and especially in front of the vehicle. They also are more damaging to pedestrians in an collision, and have much higher rates of injury and fatality than sedans, station wagons, and coupes. The X factor here is that a higher percentage of the less secure, less capable drivers buy larger vehicles to insulate themselves from other vehicles on the road, and they drive with that same mentality around pedestrian-rich areas.

        Trucks and SUVs are terrible, and you should only buy one if you need one, otherwise you look like a fucking jackass.

        https://youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo?si=bRRlb83MmdC7K3yV

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            7 months ago

            Make sure you grab some “I did that” Biden stickers to slap on gas pumps. Really lean in to that “I make poor decisions and blame the wrong person for the consequences” energy.

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              Why, why would I do that?

              Because I disagree with you about vehicles you think I’m a MAGA dude? Get a grip.

              Trucks are available for purchase in America. Americans love them. It is what it is. If you don’t like it, move or push for legislative change.

              Truck owners sure as shit don’t care about your talking points and will buy another, and another, and another. Nobody’s going to be convinced by pedestrian safety statistics or mpg concerns.

              Trucks are so deeply woven into America’s culture I think guns would be banned sooner.