• nicetriangle@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Ram trucks drive like fucking assholes so I believe this. Damn near any time you see one of those lifted Dodge trucks on the highway you can assume they’ll behave like a jerk if given the opportunity.

    And as far as Teslas go, I really do not think people should have cars that accelerate that fast. People are dumb as shit and Tesla’s slowest model has a 0-60 of under 6 seconds and a lot of their cars are sub 4 seconds. That’s super car territory.

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      11 months ago

      Super car acceleration, normal car braking.

      It’s not a great combination in a car that’s heavy, but I guess you don’t sell cars by bragging about braking distances.

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        11 months ago

        Tires moreso than brakes. Ultra low rolling resistance tires help increase range. But they’re crap for high acceleration/deceleration. Not sticky enough (by design) to work in those situations.

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          11 months ago

          On most public roads, if you’re driving fast enough for downforce to be an issue, your poor judgment is the primary factor in any resulting crash.

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          11 months ago

          Which is true but not any different than normal cars. Very very very few cars have enough aero to matter—even on the track.

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      11 months ago

      They dropped to second place for DUIs at least. BMW drivers are nearly twice as likely to be caught driving drunk.

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        11 months ago

        The Venn diagram for Ram trucks, domestic abuse, DUIs, religiosity, and racist fucks is indistinguishable from a circle.

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          11 months ago

          Also gun ownership and wife beating probably

          And a hard drive full of cold pizza

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      11 months ago

      As someone who has done racing on a track and has felt 0-60 in 2.9 seconds, most people wouldnt even be cabile of keeping the car in its lane. And most ram drivers are pure dicks.

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        11 months ago

        As someone who has floored it in a Tesla with no racing experience, it really isn’t hard to stay in the lane.

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      11 months ago

      I agree, but what to do about owners of supercars then? It’s not like if they have any particular training to operate them safely, for the most part.

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      11 months ago

      I drive a lifted RAM and in the last twelve months three people have hit me. Two were in Subarus. One was drunk.