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The car's alright, because it disincentives car culture just that little bit (even if it hasn't led to good public transit in most of the US), and because they're about a billion times safer.
Everything else is bullshit though.
But then I remember that car now means light truck in the US.
Set it all on fire.
Not much of a disincentive if the alternatives aren't available. Just fleecing people who have no choice.
even in the best-transit-places, the transit here sucks.
I hate that most vehicles are some derivation of truck/van; that most vehicles increase in size for no good reason.
Not only that, but consumers but this shit in droves. Significantly more than alternative and more fuel efficient vehicles.
This annoys me because I'm a bit of a "car guy", as in, I like cars, I think they're interesting and a demonstration of excellent engineering.... Most of the time.
I don't think everyone needs a truck, or SUV, or van, or minivan, or.... IDK what they're making now? Crossover? APC? Whatever.
For some people, that makes sense. But most people can trade in their SUV or F150 for a focus, fiesta, or fusion, and they would be well served in doing so. They would pay less for gas and insurance, and they would be able to fit into parking spaces. And that's just talking about Ford vehicles.
Meanwhile, Ford doesn't even make most of those vehicles anymore because everyone bought up their SUV/crossover/truck/whatever shit in much larger numbers so they just stopped caring.
This is saying nothing about hybrid, BEV, or HEV products.
Then, to top it all off, most people who live in cities, don't even need a car, they just need the city to have architecture and designs that are built for use by people (not cars), and a public transit system that isn't an absolute nightmare.
Ok, I'll get off my soap box. All this shit just sets me off.