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On the other hand, newer cars have gotten more dangerous for pedestrians. Safety is indeed a luxury.
How? My car breaks automatically whenever there’s an obstacle behind it or in front of it.
I'm imagining the wheels pop off instantly and smoke comes out of the engine if anything gets near it.
I 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…
I feel like there's very little engineering reasons why we can't, and it's mostly regulatory hurdles, that removes any economic incentives to do so.
I've recently read an article about what constitutes the right balance of regulations when it comes to aviation safety, and that while regulations have made modern planes extremely safe, overly stringent rules are also preventing planes from adopting modern safety features.
He rolled his Defender off a cliff. Maybe he was trying to adjust the volume on the radio with the "luxury" touchscreen on his luxury car? (If I could find an easily-linked photo of that dashboard, I'd include it.)
He rolled his Defender off a cliff. Maybe he was trying to adjust the volume on the radio with the "luxury" touchscreen on his luxury car? (If I could find an easily-linked photo of that dashboard, I'd include it.)
[0] https://jlr.scene7.com/is/image/jlr/L663_22MY_031_US?wid=480... [1] https://jlr.scene7.com/is/image/jlr/L663_23MY_014_US?wid=480... [2] https://jlr.scene7.com/is/image/jlr/L663_23MY_025_US?wid=480...
However...first one works, but I get "access denied" for [1] and [2] (and I have no idea if you control that or not).
He rolled his Defender off a cliff. Maybe he was trying to adjust the volume on the radio with the "luxury" touchscreen on his luxury car? (If I could find an easily-linked photo of that dashboard, I'd include it.)
[0] https://jlr.scene7.com/is/image/jlr/L663_22MY_031_US?wid=480... [1] https://jlr.scene7.com/is/image/jlr/L663_23MY_014_US?wid=480... [2] https://jlr.scene7.com/is/image/jlr/L663_23MY_025_US?wid=480...
this sounds like a cautionary tale of why octogenarians should have their license revoked.
The headline is misleading. Yes, a new luxury car is safer than one from 15 years ago, but both are infinitely safer than a car from the 1970s where seatbelts didn't exist and the crumple zone for the steering wheel column was your chest.
On 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.