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      And terrible roads and/or regulations? I can’t help but notice the worst offenders are conservative areas and those usually are neglectful.

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        And lack of pedestrian infrastructure, and…, and… We can go on and on at how baked into the cake these deaths are in the car cult.

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        The transportation departments of red states just funnel the monies to corrupt buddies and nothing gets fixed even though there is perpetual road work being (performatively) done.

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      There are so many dumb regulations and circumstances that functionally push people to giant vehicles.

      For instance: I replaced my 2016 VW golf base model with an electric F150 this year for a multitude of reasons. I got a refund from insurance (with the same coverage). None of this makes sense except that I’m less likely to be injured by other motorists in my 3.5ton truck. I found this depressing.