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The Paris Auto Show is full of interesting cars Americans can’t have
arstechnica.com/cars/2026/10/europe-shows-a-better-alternative-to-big-suvs-at-the-paris-auto-show/Small EVs and efficient people carriers update familiar names for the modern age.
Replying to @technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Made for the civilized streets of Europe, not the kill-or-be-killed Mad Max hellscape of the the automotive United States.
Edit: Are we making an exception for Rome?
Replying to @schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
Tell me you have never been oversea’s (let alone drove there) without telling me you have never been overseas.
Everywhere in the world people drive like ass hats. It part of the human condition.
Replying to @Ninja876@lemmy.world
Twice as many road deaths in the US IIRC.
FYI people drive wildly differently in the EU already.
Replying to @Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Per capita yes - but as so often in statistics, per-capita measures are an oversimplification. By deaths/km driven, the US isn’t a particular outlier (Top score is Mexico with 27.5 (!!!) deaths / 1bil km, then #2: Malaysia with 16.2 and #3: South Korea with 8.2. Other countries of interest are Belgium (7.3), New Zealand (7.2), US (6.9), France (5.8), Australia (4.9), Canada (4.3))
^(^^source^^)^
en.wikipedia.orgList of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wikipedia