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by binary132 654 days ago
the safety statistics are unavoidably obvious.
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It's safer for those in the larger vehicle but more people die in large/small vehicle accidents than the accidents where both vehicles are the same size.

If your vehicle causes the death of someone, that death should be considered pre-meditated.

“You should increase the chances of death of your family because it might decrease someone else’s chance of death” is not a compelling argument that will work naturally on most people.
Correct, it's a tragedy of the commons situation. This is just an unfortunate reality of the unavoidable human desire for selfish actions.

The only way to fix this is to Iron Fist it. We need to attack people with legislation and taxes, not with words.