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[-] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Sure thing bud. Also, how far are you going to move the goalposts?

https://www.polisnetwork.eu/news/size-matters-polis-urges-keep-large-and-unsafe-vehicles-off-europes-streets/

The bottom line? These vehicles are not fit for European cities.

They are dangerous for several reasons, namely because their front ends are frequently higher than the average height of young children, making it difficult for drivers to spot some of the most vulnerable road users. Moreover, pick-up trucks such as these are more difficult to manoeuvre than standard vehicles, a challenge only made worse by the size of many European city streets.

Therefore, it should hardly come as a surprise that these vehicles have been shown to kill and injure road users more frequently than ordinary automobiles when they get into collisions. According to Pedro Homem Gouveia, Coordinator of POLIS WG on Safety & Security, it would be more fitting to call vehicles of this dimension "dangerous road users."

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I followed every hyperlink, and there’s no stats.

EU hasn’t had an increase in pedestrian deaths like the US has, where’s the stats…?

In fact, the hyperlink that alludes it should be about stats, just goes to a LinkedIn type page for the person they are talking about…. What do you think that op Ed would be proving here?

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