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by dwattttt 658 days ago
We don't have to assume buyers would ignore a pedestrian safety rating. It might make people feel uncomfortable, and that's entirely ok.
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I suspect the people it would make feel uncomfortable and the people currently buying unnecessarily large vehicles wouldn't have a lot of overlap.
> people currently buying unnecessarily large vehicles wouldn't have a lot of overlap

Maybe I'm naive, but I think most people buying large vehicles aren't selfish, they're ill-informed and susceptible to social pressure and advertising.

The only reason I say this is because most people have big cars in the US now. But they're also objectively worse for most commuters. It doesn't add up.