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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (7 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Plus they are designed to have low amount of aerodynamic drag. So no aerodynamic grip in fast corners.

[–] Zak 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Truer words have never been said

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] WantsToPetYourKitty 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ram trucks also are the #1 vehicle for DUIs in the US.

[–] littlebluespark 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also gun ownership and wife beating probably

And a hard drive full of cold pizza

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

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

[–] LEDZeppelin 8 points 1 year ago

Truck nuts and racist bumper/rear windshield stickers are a must haves

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Balex 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] stewsters 6 points 1 year ago

That seems pretty high. You are bringing those numbers up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.