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"You may have noticed — there’s a car-size inflation on Australian roads that
some have nicknamed car “mobesity”.
Most SUVs and utes from a decade or two ago look small next to today’s models.
As we head for a fifth consecutive year of rising road deaths and what could be
the worst year for pedestrian fatalities in nearly two decades, it’s time to
look more closely at what this means.
We already know bigger cars cause greater impacts in collisions.
But what’s less discussed is whether driving one also changes how we drive – if
larger vehicles make us feel safer inside them, do they also make us take more
risks behind the wheel?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
