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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (5 children)

How about keeping the guard rails as they are and let the fat car drivers carry the risk?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even US drivers are not quite heavy enough to make a significant difference here. This has to do with car battery weights.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I don't think they are saying that the drivers are fat. Or at least it would be insane to say that society shouldn't care about the safety of fat people.

It's more likely that they said that the cars are fat which they are.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Fat car can hit an innocent skinny car on the other side of the road, in case of an accident.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

The problem is if they crash through the guard rail and kill or Injure others.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

What about trying to reduce deaths?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah you say that now but when that article comes out about all those kids in a SUV dying you will be upset that the government cheapened out.