Wudi@feddit.uk to Ontario@lemmy.ca · 1 month agoDoug Ford banned speed cameras. The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after the ban. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.feddit.ukimagemessage-square123linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageDoug Ford banned speed cameras. The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after the ban. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.feddit.ukWudi@feddit.uk to Ontario@lemmy.ca · 1 month agomessage-square123linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoCars are a lot heavier now and speed limits should be reduced because of this.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoSome are, not all. Even those big pickups are probably about the same as early 70s personal luxury cars.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoEv/hybrid the batteries are heavy. SUVs are heavier than station wagons but we should compare them to sedans due to popularity. Cadillac https://www.conceptcarz.com/s12130/cadillac-deville-series.aspx F150 https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/f-150-raptor/specs/2023/ford_f-150-raptor_ford-f-150-raptor_2023 The present day truck is ~1000 lbs heavier.
minus-squareSapphironZA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYou will be surprised how much heavier the modern cars are, even compared to steel body cars from the 60s. Pickups from the 1970s were 3000lbs, now they are double that. https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/cars-united-states
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoguy do some basic research and come back to the discussion
Cars are a lot heavier now and speed limits should be reduced because of this.
Some are, not all. Even those big pickups are probably about the same as early 70s personal luxury cars.
Ev/hybrid the batteries are heavy.
SUVs are heavier than station wagons but we should compare them to sedans due to popularity.
Cadillac
https://www.conceptcarz.com/s12130/cadillac-deville-series.aspx
F150
https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/f-150-raptor/specs/2023/ford_f-150-raptor_ford-f-150-raptor_2023
The present day truck is ~1000 lbs heavier.
You will be surprised how much heavier the modern cars are, even compared to steel body cars from the 60s.
Pickups from the 1970s were 3000lbs, now they are double that.
https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/cars-united-states
guy do some basic research and come back to the discussion