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It’s time for Americans to embrace small cars (arstechnica.com)
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[–] ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Getting in and out of a higher-riding vehicle with an upright seating position is more natural and comfortable, particularly for the elderly and/or infirm. Furthermore, we have engineered away most of the drawbacks of crossovers and SUVs.

[–] Cabrio@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Based on the numbers of SUV's and large trucks on US roads I'm going to assume 90% of your population is elderly or infirm.

[–] yaaaaayPancakes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Vast majority are obese, close enough to infirm.