boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldfuck_cars@lemmy.ml
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square162fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldfuck_cars@lemmy.ml
minus-squareCameronDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI think you make want to go the other way. Making tires more expensive wont make people choose smaller cars, they will choose worse tires. And then they will crash into you because they cant stop.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIt’s a good rule not to make essential safety items more expensive. Because consumers in general will always choose a cheaper, less safe option.
minus-squarejdeath@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoyeah if anything a subsidy for safer tires and doing proper maintenance on brakes and other safety system would be what you want. what is subsidized, there is more of than there otherwise would be and the opposite is true for what is taxed.
I think you make want to go the other way. Making tires more expensive wont make people choose smaller cars, they will choose worse tires. And then they will crash into you because they cant stop.
It’s a good rule not to make essential safety items more expensive. Because consumers in general will always choose a cheaper, less safe option.
yeah if anything a subsidy for safer tires and doing proper maintenance on brakes and other safety system would be what you want.
what is subsidized, there is more of than there otherwise would be
and the opposite is true for what is taxed.