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[–] Galapagon@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (12 children)

It's all those blasted safety features! In my day we died every weekend, and we turned out fine!

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago (11 children)

There is a paradox with safety features that is really interesting: the safer you make roads, the more aggressive people drive. Better breaks led to people tailgating more aggressively. Better crumble zones has led to bigger and heavier cars. It's almost like there is a threshold of risk that people naturally gravitate to and that maybe the best way to improve traffic safety is through education

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So improve safety by replacing airbags with nail bombs?

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