Saw this shared on Mastodon and it really made me think of National and their Atlas Network aligned astro-turf organisation the Taxpayer’s Onion who campaigned against what they termed the ‘ute tax’.
If the results of this 2004 study hold true 20 years later, and in New Zealand, then knowingly or not, they in effect have campaigned for and enacted legislation that will kill more New Zealanders.
"A 2004 study found that for every life saved by a motorist who switched from a car to a light truck (SUV or pickup), 4.3 other drivers, pedestrians and cyclists were killed. "
That statistic also suggests that the safety fears driving people to SUVs are completely overblown and over-egged.
We’re not talking about SUVs here, we’re talking about utes. And that doesn’t change the fact that a collision between an S and a small hatchback would annihilate the smaller car.
stop acting like the vast majority of utes are low-body holdens - today there’s a lot more rangers and hiluxes that are basically SUV’s with beds.
annihilate? what do you think’s in the batteries, antimatter?
I think your rhetoric is more charged than the tesla and your ‘cautionary’ bias is ridiculously misplaced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpuX-5E7xoU
My point is, they’re nearly twice the weight of some small hatchbacks, and if one runs into you, you’re in a far worse position than an equivalent ICE vehicle.
I think you’re making a much larger issue of the weight differential than actually merits, while entirely disregarding the visibility issue that’s killing people left and right.
Keep posting infographics and videos about vehicles we don’t even have in the country, that’ll convince people.
It convinced me. But then I’m capable of extrapolating trends between counties.
It’s clear though: large vehicles save the occupants but kill others at a higher rate.