‘You have unmet needs’: the psychology behind Australia’s love affair with big cars (www.theguardian.com)

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Their conclusion is use guilt as an emotional driver to decrease the popularity of these cars.

I disagree, design principles to shepherd the car companies into delivering all the classic traits car owners love in a safer( for everyone), more efficient product.

We don't need a fight here, or negativity, we need a better product, and let these people have less damaging fun.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Make good handling a desirable attribute again and it'll naturally drive an uptake of lower and lighter cars. Things like raising speed limits to suit modern cars/tyres, actually repairing roads properly, and helping boost motorsport rather than actively discouraging the development of tracks would help.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Watching these lifted dual cabs bob n bounce around on aus dash cam it's like these guys don't realise what they're driving.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

So true about handling. Yeah, thats why i'm not really against this race track in the centre of town over in WA. It centralises it in a way i think motorsport hasn't been for a while here.

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