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slothrop 1d ago

fuck cars and live a little

https://lemmy.ca/post/62898452

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Landless2029 1d ago

This needs to be updated.

Getting hit by a pickup truck at 30 MPH is similar to getting hit by a Honda Civic at 120 MPH for kinetic energy.

That’s besides the fact that pickups have a much taller hood vs sedans so there are significantly higher rates of head injury.

Taller cars and trucks are more dangerous for pedestrians, according to crash data

www.chicago.gov/…/vehicle-size-and-speed.html

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HereIAm

There’s quite a large discrepancy between this image and OPs image. This image says the survival rate of 30 mph (48 kph) is 60%, while OP’s image says 50 kph it’s at 20%. I wish they included a source for the data that could explain it.

This is the same issue I take with braking distance scales. They often vary wildly, and some don’t even follow a quadratic increase in distance like you’d expect.