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U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!...(hexbear.net)

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Source of the chart - Plane vs. car safety: America has the world’s safest air travel but is so bad at car safety - Vox

Three tweet thread…

A key reason is Americans love BIG HEAVY vehicles. “The average weight of a new vehicle sold in the United States last year was a whopping 4,329 pounds.” You get hit by one of these monsters as a pedestrian, cyclist, you die.

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Balefirex [he/him]@hexbear.net
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Here’s a pic I took when visiting the US from Canada

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famousringo@sh.itjust.works
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Oh, wow, I’m used to seeing these “stay away from big daddy car” signs on bike trails.

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