I took this awhile ago and thought maybe someone would be amused by it. I miss that car.

  • Kekzkrieger@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    there are a lot of adults without family.

    Also a family needs a family car and not a truck.

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      11 months ago

      I think, especially in remote areas of Canada, the standard family car would not be sufficient.

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        11 months ago

        and whats the percentage of people living in remote canada in comparison to the total population?

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        11 months ago

        Maybe not a Civic or Altima but I’ve seen many a Subaru go to places that a “standard family car” wouldn’t be sufficient. Without needing to be an oversized.

        Hell old jeeps are a fraction of today’s trucks and SUVs in size and could go deeper into rural territories.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, is almost like shaming people for driving larger vehicles is dumb. Turns out there are a lot of different needs.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah, is almost like shaming people for driving smaller vehicles is dumb. Turns out there are a lot of different needs.

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        11 months ago

        TBH I don’t think we have to read these posts as shaming the driver of these cars, necessarily. We could read them as indictments of all the choices we’ve made as a society that result in poor transit options & large vehicles.

        Choices like:

        • under investment in public transit and rail
        • Regulations that encourage/subsidize SUVs
        • low density housing policies
        • And, if we’re being really honest, the racism that drives so much of American public policy

        All of these are worthy of critique and fair targets

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          10 months ago

          You have a far more positive outlook than me. I’ve seen quite a bit of shaming at drivers. ESPECIALLY truck drivers.

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        11 months ago

        The larger the car, the greater the externalitites (including DEATH OF INNOCENT PEOPLE), the greater the shame.