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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago

I feel like we knew this? I remember that being the counterpoint when the first wave of offroad cars started getting popular with middle class women in particular. The dudes who preferred snappy hatchbacks and overpowered not-quite-sports sedans kept pointing this out as a way to argue for their sleeker rides. I remember that being one of the dampeners to the whole thing that seems to never have quite taken in the US.

I mean, it does stand to reason that if you just keep adding mass to the collision and all participants are equally incentivized to do so you just end up with bigger forces.