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toomuchtodolast Monday at 1:10 AM1 replyview on HN

n=1, I dated a low empathy woman who specifically drove a Chevy Tahoe due to mass for safety reasons and transporting her only child in the vehicle frequently. “Good luck to the other driver.”


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defrostlast Monday at 1:21 AM

On the flip side, there's a lot to be said for a low centre of gravity and it's still the case that US "trucks" get smushed by actual trucks (road trains and heavy haul outmass a tahoe).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TskUzmg6Sk

(Site safety video, engine and transmission removed in example vehicle .. still ..)

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