Gregory's ServerThis is such bullshit. Safety decreases as speed increases, and viewing safety as only applying to people inside the car is the worst carbrained thinking there is. Just no. https://electrek.co/2024/01/29/quick-ev-acceleration-safety-feature/ #RoadSafety #FuckOff
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 @marcprecipice Meanwhile, here in real life, Hertz is selling off a bunch of their EVs because customers can't stop crashing them. Quite possibly because they're just too damn fast.  @joby @marcprecipice Driving fast is easy, just step on the paddle and you go fast. To drive safely is a whole different story, it involves driving skills and the ability to anticipate situations ahead of time. @marcprecipice the fawning coverage is really what’s more disgusting. We know corporations are going to spout BS.  @marcprecipice Yep. All the coverage of Scott Weiner's bill to mandate speed limiters in California gets flooded with car-brainers saying "But what if I need to accelerate to get out of a bad situation???" NO YOU DON'T.  @jef sounds a bit like the "the only thing that stands against a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun" argument @marcprecipice Yeah, quick acceleration really helped that couple in Niagara Falls.  @marcprecipice and safety decreases exponentially with speed - rather important for pedestrians and cyclists who are unlikely to damage a vehicle by running into it at high speed.  @marcprecipice it heartens me to see I'm not the only person with this opinion. |
@marcprecipice hard Agree
If you don't know your car and start overtaking, then fucking don't in the first place.