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- Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.
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Yeah even sedans have gotten substantially larger and heavier with time. So that could help explain that aspect of it.
For some specific models like the Camry they did not significantly increase in weight but massively increased in lethality so it isn't only weight, but weight is likely to be a part of it.
The other thing I would blame is how distracting so many car features are distracting now, and a lot of people become reliant on automated warnings that are going to alert them a lot later than if they were just paying attention. The screen in the console being flashy plus not really paying attention is quite the combo but if I understand correctly it wouldn't get counted as distracted driving like with a phone.
i have a hybrid sedan. it weighs 5k lb. this is heavier than any of the 2500 and 3500 trucks i've owned (which, granted, are old, but still)