"You do you" is Eu-gen-ics. on Nostr: Interestingly, immediately obvious candidate, that our vehicles are getting ...

Interestingly, immediately obvious candidate, that our vehicles are getting heavier—thus more likely to result in deaths when accidents do occur—doesn't seem to be reflected by data either.

If anything, with exception of pickups, vehicle weight has been flat or declining since 2005. Yet, decade into that trend is when U.S. traffic fatality rates start climbing.

Now, NTSB data might reveal that rising traffic fatality was driven by monster pickup trucks. Only those have been growing since 80s.