• BenLeMan@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    No, that was before Ralph Nader made a whole ruckus about car safety (and rightly so). Still, we’re looking at this from the year 2024 so you can really tell this vehicle doesn’t make sense in our time.

    • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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      4 days ago

      Velomobiles are a modern thing. Speed records are over 80kmh from human power only, but ebike motors can achieve that easily.

      While most are not this “delta trike” format, and instead have 2 wheels in front, the stability is not crazy bad for deltas. Most are weather proof.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 days ago

      I sometimes think about Ralph Nader, and the overall balance sheet of lives he is directly responsible for saving, vs lives that he is (I guess indirectly) responsible for ruining and/or ending due to spoiling the 2000 election.

      Interesting thought experiment. I guess.