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U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Up 77% Since 2009 & The Auto Industry Knew It Would Happen
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this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2025
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Options for reasonable sized cars is the US have decreased. Mega trucks ans SUVs are what sells, I guess.
Part of this increase may also be because there are a lot of people out there driving like there are no consequences to their actions. Is it just because I am older, or are there more aggressive speeder out there?
We’re still working on the loss of caring about driving from pandemic. For some reason it brought out the worst in people, and some of them are still there
Unfortunately, people buy what they are told to buy through advertising and marketing. The demand for sports cars didn't dry up because people lost interest, but because better margins were found in large vehicles (and since emissions requirements were easier to hit for large vehicles than small powerful ones).
If the auto industry decided small cars were more profitable, the entire marketing machine would start touting the benefits of small cars, and in a few years, people would be claiming they always loved small cars and are so glad they are back so they can replace their monster trucks with tiny hatches.
I think that's only true if you're buying an american vehicle, which you shouldn't be doing anyways unless you like shit that breaks.
There's just more fucking people in general so the odds of encountering the worst of them goes up