Title text:
‘They really shouldn’t let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I’m going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.’
Transcript:
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3167/
Just gonna keep on posting this
I should get an M1 Abrams and write off as a business expense
It would probably be quieter than any of the diesel pickup trucks on the road too!
I remember hearing years ago how the M1 Abrams was a battlefield domination machine that could only be killed by another M1. That was clearly propaganda. Those overweight, overpriced pieces of shit got lit the fuck up after being shipped to Ukraine.
Russian invasion of ukraine has been the only war in quite a long time where a major power has been fighting against a major power. most other conflicts in many decades have been asymmetrical warfare/symmetrical warfare between outdated militaries. Ukraine has shown that drones are the new thing in warfare, they provide excellent intel, cheap short range pinpoint accurate light artillery. unmatched spotting for heavier artillery and with a bit more expense long range strategic strikes are also possible. With drone warfare MBTs seem to be mostly just the juiciest of targets.
Where previously M1 could be resistant to most attacks, now with drone spotting a direct hit with guided shells can score a direct hit of 155mm shell on top armour of tanks.
“Your honor, I got the M1 because it was safer than an F150 in my neighborhood with lots of small children.”
“And here is the data to prove it.”
audience gasps
I’ve driven a Volvo L120H. It had. A pretty great visibility forward, better than my own car (Peugeot 108) lol. But that’s due to sitting so high up and only when I took the front loader off. Backwards it had a camera, which I was so jelly of when backing
A 0.2m tall 3 year old??nope, reading comprehension, that’s distance
There really is an xkcd for everything.
“We’re also going to make cars uglier as they get bigger too. Can’t have style, that might distract other drivers”
Reminds me of the lead up to WW1 where Germany and Britain were in a race to see who could crank out the biggest dreadnaughts.
I knew it!
Make sure you get your teenager a massive suv to keep them safe too, nevermind that they are the highest risk drivers and that you’ve just armed them with something twice as likely to take the life of a pedestrian.
most teens are driving compact cars. don’t know what you are smoking.
All while the subprime delinquency rate is getting worse. Yes, AmeriKa, keep buying those gas guzzling fully loaded behemoths that you can barely afford to insure, fuel up and maintain. Don’t forget to apply for a 96 month car loan.
Just a few thousand truck flipping cars on the road might be a good start
That has traffic-flipping vibes of the upgraded Agency Supercar from the game Crackdown. I like.
What’s the Lancia logo doing on there?
Lancia Stratos Zero was kinda similar.
Not to speak of the Lancia Stratos, the original cheese wedge:
That one apparently did well in rally, so I have trouble seeing it as a ‘hugging the ground’ supercar. Even though Porsches and Lambos also were in rally.
It’s a bit of a misconception. Soft-sprung cars can be hella fast on roads.
But modern supercars are sprung so slow for downforce, to try to turn their bottoms into vacuum cleaners. But (outside of racetracks) its mostly for show and ‘sporty feel,’ as this downforce doesn’t really kick in till like 90mph+. In fact, many racecars are faster around hairpins when sprung looser and higher.
Idk I just hot linked some random image on the internet
I don’t know where that’s from, but it kinda has Lancia Stratos concept vibes to me.
Just passed one of those on my work today. It was LADA 2108 with lowered roof and suspension planted all the way down. Kind of like hybrid of theese two:
It got stuck in a pothole at an intersection…
Can only drive on well-maintained streets tho.
This is how Mad Max was made.
Clearly we need to start actively destroying larger vehicles to address this problem.
What bugs me about this argument is that the safest thing to do is drive less
I’m pretty sure Randall agrees
We’re in the “I need to make my headlights brighter than the sun phase”. It’s just before the spike club panel
I ride motorcycles for everyone else’s safety
INTRODUCING…GRAVE DIGGER!!!
Oh he’s about to flip over.
You’ve fallen for one of the classic blunders!
i like fire truck and monster truck. walter
The thing that really frustrates me is that I can’t buy the car I want. I would like a successor to my Chevy Volt but it’s become very difficult to find a compact hybrid hatchback in the States. It’s basically Prius Prime or bust, and the Prius is not nearly as fun to drive as the Volt.
Yeah. I am getting an Integra.
It’s the only decent hatchback that is sporty that’s left. And it’s not cheap either.
The civic hybrid is really good, it just came out. Much better than the Prius. But there is very limited selection.
Yes, Civic hybrid looks good. Too bad no plug-in option for it :( The discontinued Honda Clarity plug-in might be a used option, but it’s kind of frumpy to be honest.
