• Snapz@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    What is the too small for road safety thing? That’s pure bullshit, right? Smart cars are legal, how can these not be?

    Give us cheap EVs and small trucks god damnit!!!

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      6 months ago

      It might be more about what vehicles share the road. SUVs and pickups tend to cause the majority of fatalities in crashes because their bumper height basically being non compatible with cars and vans and their larger blindspots… That design might not play particularly well with the Keis in crash situations.

      But that being said SUVs and raised pickups are menaces to road safety across the board and we should be looking at phasing them out.

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      6 months ago

      They don’t pass US federal crash tests, probably because of the lack of crumple zone, so they can’t be imported until they’re 25 years old. Which doesn’t make them any safer, but I guess rules are rules:

      Because the trucks don’t meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, they’re legal to import only 25 years after having been manufactured. Then, it’s up to each state to decide whether to allow them on public roads.