Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoMove over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicleswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square247fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down15
arrow-up1218arrow-down1external-linkMove over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicleswww.nbcnews.comWilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square247fedilink
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoMotorcycles have different licensing requirements, and come with caveat emptor that they are inherently unsafe in a motor vehicle accident. That’s not to say bikes don’t have any safety at all… there is R&D that goes into making them safe in a collision… as safe as they can be.
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoWhy can’t we just accept that the KEI is less safe then?
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoAnyone who buys a Kei car already knows this just by looking at it.
Motorcycles have different licensing requirements, and come with caveat emptor that they are inherently unsafe in a motor vehicle accident.
That’s not to say bikes don’t have any safety at all… there is R&D that goes into making them safe in a collision… as safe as they can be.
Why can’t we just accept that the KEI is less safe then?
Anyone who buys a Kei car already knows this just by looking at it.