'Safety Today Is a Luxury,' Giorgetto Giugiaro Says After His Crash
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#2“ "Safety today is a luxury," writes Giugiaro. "Those who can afford a new car have a better chance of making it home alive."
Well, on the plus side, today’s luxury car features are tomorrow’s standard ones. I remember getting my first Lexus in 2006 and being wowed by the backup camera, they were new and only in luxury cars. Now every car has one.
It sounds deeply unfair that those with money are safer than those without, but if the benefits really do (for lack of a better phrase) trickle down we’re all better off in the long run.
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#4I understand the point he's making: New cars are much safer than old cars, and the average person is driving a car that is 12 years old, while new cars are bought primarily by the wealthy. However, that seems like a natural consequence of two things that are very good for everyone. First, cars are lasting much longer than they used to, which lowers the lifetime cost of ownership. Second, cars have gotten much safer in the last fifteen years. As long as these trends continue, the safety gap will exist, but I think everyone would still prefer cars keep getting safer and more reliable.
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#5On the other hand, newer cars have gotten more dangerous for pedestrians. Safety is indeed a luxury.
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#6"I'm a rich asshole and even when I almost kill myself that I'll remind you I'm rich and you are poor"
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#7On the other hand, newer cars have gotten more dangerous for pedestrians. Safety is indeed a luxury.
Roaming in my huge SUV in Sardinia, being lethal danger to pedestrians:
https://www.corriere.it/cronache/25_luglio_11/vivian-spohr-a...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/lufthansa-ceo-wife-...
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#8I understand the point he's making: New cars are much safer than old cars, and the average person is driving a car that is 12 years old, while new cars are bought primarily by the wealthy. However, that seems like a natural consequence of two things that are very good for everyone. First, cars are lasting much longer than they used to, which lowers the lifetime cost of ownership. Second, cars have gotten much safer i…
First, cars are lasting much longer than they used to
I see cars on the road that are barely holding it together and probably wouldn't pass safety (or emissions) inspections if they were required to. The point is, there are other possibilities. First, safety features of older cars don't always work like new. Second, people might be driving old, unsafe, cars because it's all they can afford. Even in a recent trip to Italy, I was talking to someone complaining about this exact thing. This is not good.
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#9On the other hand, newer cars have gotten more dangerous for pedestrians. Safety is indeed a luxury.
Pedestrians walking around staring at their phones have made the streets less safe for pedestrians, as have drivers staring at their phones.
IMO that phenomenon completely confounds any attempt at assessing real-world vehicle-pedestrian safety against older statistics.
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#10> He considers himself "privileged" to be in as good shape as he is, and credits the modern luxury car he was driving for making it possible.
perhaps if the "modern" car wasn't such a shitshow the accident wouldn't have happened in the first place