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Vehicles with higher, vertical front ends raise risks for pedestrians (apnews.com)
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[–] EsteeBestee@beehaw.org 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I am not surprised in the slightest. New vehicles, especially in the US, are way too fucking big. I drive a Miata, which is small, but not diminutive, and there are SUVs on the market who's hood is above THE TOP OF MY FUCKING ROOF, above the roof of my fully functioning car that takes care of 90% of my driving needs. Absolutely nobody needs a car that big, it's dangerous and wasteful. I hate the trends of modern cars. I also have a 2001 CR-V for when I need to haul shit and I firmly believe that 99% of people don't need anything any larger than that.

Big cars are dangerous for pedestrian, dangerous for cyclists, dangerous to other drivers, are wasteful, and are just a dumb status symbol. It's infuriating!

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If you ever want to compare car sizes, https://www.carsized.com/en/ is fun/frightening. Lining up a Miata and a Suburban is just scary.

[–] EsteeBestee@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So, the car I was talking about in my story (where the hood is above my roof) is a Jeep Wagoneer and it's just insane!

With how big cars have gotten, I just don't feel safe on the road half the time. Tanks like that block line of sight both from me to lanes of traffic if I'm trying to turn and from traffic to me, so I have to be extra careful at nearly every intersection in my car. Nobody needs a car that big and it's a constant source of annoyance for me.

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

That is freaking scary. No matter how safe your car is, a collision with that could be fatal

[–] DeForrest_McCoy@beehaw.org 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And then you have these fucking clowns....

https://tinyurl.com/36j5sfcs

[–] HumbleFlamingo@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

They got worms and need to drag their bum on the carpet to scratch...

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago

Who would have thought that vehicles designed to resemble armoured tanks are not a societal net positive when you think of everyone who is outside the metal box

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 11 months ago

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Click here to see the summaryMotor vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends raise risks for pedestrians, according to a highway safety organization.

But among vehicles with hood heights between 30 and 40 inches, a blunt, or more vertical, front end increases the risk to pedestrians.

The study released Tuesday arrives with roadway deaths in the U.S. mounting despite government test data showing vehicles have been getting safer.

While the number of all car-related fatalities has trended upward over the last decade, pedestrians and cyclists have seen the sharpest rise: over 60% between 2011 and 2022.

Vehicles with hood heights of more than 40 inches and blunt front ends angled at greater than 65 degrees were 44% more likely to cause fatalities.

“Manufacturers can make vehicles less dangerous to pedestrians by lowering the front end of the hood and angling the grille and hood to create a sloped profile,” IIHS Senior Research Transportation Engineer Wen Hu, the lead author of the study, said in a statement on Tuesday.

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