▲ 432 ▼ We Just Lived Through Two of the Hottest Days Ever. Does Anyone Care? (www.rollingstone.com) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net 66 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] blazera@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (4 children) Nah, more oil drilling, more trucks and SUVs. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (3 children) They're just so big and safe!* *not for the other drivers, or the pedestrians who get nailed by a rolling wall of a frontend. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] laverabe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* or in the case of parents buying SUVs to make their own children safe, children are 8 times more likely to die when struck by an SUV versus a passenger car. (ie: in their own driveway) And that's not even factoring the added risk of blindspots for children too small to be seen from the driver seat! children are eight times more likely to die when struck by a SUV compared to those struck by a passenger car https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022437522000810 permalink fedilink source parent [–] boonhet@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago They also have significantly higher rollover risk which is why the best deaths per million kilometer stats belong to big sedans and wagon not SUVs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago "I like driving in a higher position, it makes me feel safer" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (3 children) They're just so big and safe!* *not for the other drivers, or the pedestrians who get nailed by a rolling wall of a frontend. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] laverabe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* or in the case of parents buying SUVs to make their own children safe, children are 8 times more likely to die when struck by an SUV versus a passenger car. (ie: in their own driveway) And that's not even factoring the added risk of blindspots for children too small to be seen from the driver seat! children are eight times more likely to die when struck by a SUV compared to those struck by a passenger car https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022437522000810 permalink fedilink source parent [–] boonhet@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago They also have significantly higher rollover risk which is why the best deaths per million kilometer stats belong to big sedans and wagon not SUVs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago "I like driving in a higher position, it makes me feel safer" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] laverabe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* or in the case of parents buying SUVs to make their own children safe, children are 8 times more likely to die when struck by an SUV versus a passenger car. (ie: in their own driveway) And that's not even factoring the added risk of blindspots for children too small to be seen from the driver seat! children are eight times more likely to die when struck by a SUV compared to those struck by a passenger car https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022437522000810 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago They also have significantly higher rollover risk which is why the best deaths per million kilometer stats belong to big sedans and wagon not SUVs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago "I like driving in a higher position, it makes me feel safer" permalink fedilink source parent