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75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are Why (www.thedrive.com)
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[โ€“] Someone8765210932@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They can't force people to buy SUVs, but when it's much more profitable for car companies from the USA to make SUVs, thanks to that EPA loophole, then they are going to do everything to make sure everyone "wants" SUVs.

nobody is forcing anyone to purchase these cars. they choose to do it.

Decades of ~~propaganda~~ advertisements telling people they need to buy an SUV, plus the (real or not) perceived danger of having a smaller car... that might not technically count as "manufactured consent", but imho it's not too far off.

[โ€“] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

ok, so why don't i own an SUV then? I've been subjected to those same ads.