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What do you guys make of this?
http://akinokure.blogspot.com/2013/08/cars-designed-for-limited-visibility-in.html
tl;dr As crime has fallen since the early 90s, society has entered a "cocooning" period where people tend to isolate themselves and view safety as a priority more than usual. The author argues that recent car design trends reflect people's desire to feel closed off from the outside world.
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No its just safety regs and automakers trying to make their cars look futuristic
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Being cocooned is /comfy/ as fuck though.
I slept in my 2009 Audi Q7 one time.
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this guy has a lot of interesting ideas, but i don't know how you'd ever measure or evaluate his core theses at anything above a gut level "i like it."
fucking windows need to come back, though, holy shit.
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I couldn't say if it has anything to do with crime rates, but people definitely seem to care more about safety, which has led to the acceptance of tougher safety regulations, and thus to the tiny windows. But that is interesting and now I want to research why people are more concerned with safety now.
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I guess that makes sense, i see more people with hyundais and nobody wants to touch them with a 12 foot pole
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