@davidzipper@mastodon.social In other words, the kei car isn't a death trap; American vehicles are murder machines.

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Argument number 12678 that the US is on a bad path.

@davidzipper also, these same states are making it easier to drive side by sides, which have no safety or emissions features at all, everywhere.

@davidzipper @DrTCombs You can get a golf cart that is street legal. What is the difference?

@davidzipper This is on the same planet that has Cybertrucks running around on it? Incredible...

@davidzipper The irony: they're "too dangerous" entirely because a lifted 8,000-lb pickup is just fine, because in a collision they're going to be destroyed compared to that thing.

"We exclusively use death traps here, so normal options, are death traps!"

@davidzipper it’s amazing how a few press releases from the fossil fuel lobby gets such traction in the mainstream media.
What about bicycles?

@davidzipper as a cyclist in Australia, I can relate. I get harassed by motorists for... riding a bike on a road.

@davidzipper after safety masks have been banned in a number of US States nothing makes sense for the general safety.

@davidzipper There’s no way this is about safety, otherwise there are so many other street-legal vehicles that would also be banned.

@davidzipper Arnold always came to mind when it comes to BIG vehicles. I used to think that maybe Americans find it macho because Arnold.