Electric vehicles are heavier than gas cars anyway, but the latest EVs are mostly big, heavy SUVs and pickups that pose a greater threat to pedestrians and cyclists car auto cars
s and pickup trucks. That’s hardly surprising, because those are the vehicles the public was already moving to before electric power became a mainstream choice. They’re also, as the article points out, far more profitable for the automakers than traditional cars.If the U.S. government is concerned about the risk to pedestrian safety these new jumbo EVs pose, it’s not letting on. The rate of deaths on America’s roads is twice that in Europe, which subjects new cars to a broader range of tests.
Do you think the U.S. government should act to curb the increasing weights and sizes of new vehicles or should we just make air horns compulsory so we can scare pedestrians and cyclists out of the way and to safety?
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