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6% of car drivers are cold blood animal killers, 89% of which are SUV drivers

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Interesting experiment showing car drivers intentionally going on the road shoulder to kill by standing (fake) animals. Not surprisingly the majority of those are #SUV drivers

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Interessante esperimento "scientifico" in cui si vedono automobilisti cambiare traiettoria per investire animali finiti sul lato della strada. La maggior parte guidano SUV

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Fp7flAWMA

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[–] DannyMac@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It'd be a shame if these fake animals were made out of solid sharp materials... Just sayin'

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Concrete would be better. Inertia is a bitch.

[–] candle_lighter@lemmy.ml 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Aren't SUVs and trucks the majority of vehicles on the road the begin with in North America

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's saying most of those who don't care about animals on the road drive SUVs, not that most SUV drivers don't care about animals.

[–] candle_lighter@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But if the majority of people on the road are SUV drivers wouldn't it only make sense that the majority of drivers who don't care about animals are also SUV drivers

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah, I get you ... yes that's a fair point. In Europe we don't have so many SUVs

[–] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Europe has so many awesome wagons, and we get almost none of them. People here would rather drive lifted hatchbacks that handle like shit, rather than a cool wagon.

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago

Erm, I guess this is one of those cases where words don't translate well between variants of English ... I hardly ever see "station wagons" (estate cars?) here, whereas there's lots of cool lifted hatchbacks around like the Fiat Panda 4x4

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Interesting video, but also 11 years old. Would be curious to see how it is now

[–] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have yet to hit an animal while driving but it's probably coming. I'm gonna be so sad :(

[–] PennyAndAHalf@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

I hit a deer last year after twenty years of uneventful driving. It was on a highway known for drunk drivers so I was hyper aware and my reaction couldn’t have been any faster, but those animals are so insanely fast. I had to go to therapy for that shit.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

A friend of mine hit a deer and totalled his (compact sedan) car. My cousin swerved to dodge a deer, hit a tree and totalled the family pickup.

[–] devil@mastodon.uno 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] fpslem@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Ma che americani!

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

REPTILIANS ARE REAL!

[–] De_Treias@mastodon.uno 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@rivoluzioneurbanamobilita
E allora il SUV non è pericoloso di per sé, ma è l'automobilista di SUV ad avere qualcosa che non va?
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