Every 10cm of car front end height increases pedestrian fatality risk by 22%
Every 10cm of car front end height increases pedestrian fatality risk by 22%
The author estimates that limiting consumer vehicle height to 1.25m would save around 500 lives per year in the US
The solution to this will be trucks that are so far off the ground that they just pass over people under 6'3."
Every suburban chud will own a monster truck for towing their boat once a year.
19 0 ReplyIt's your uber...am outside.
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500 lives a year isn't nearly enough for congress to give a shit about restricting car manufacturers. And even if by some miracle they did pass something, the penalty would be a fine low enough for the car manufacturers to just eat and continue doing things exactly the same.
12 0 ReplyBritish people making 4.9m tall double decker busses: who dares oppose us and our 17,046 baseline pedestrian fatality machines!
8 0 ReplyCommies: Porsches and Ferraris are worthless luxuries for the wealthy
Science and the rich selflessly trying to make the roads a safer place:
7 0 Replyi just want a tiny car with a head-tracking camera pod and no windows
7 0 ReplyDaleks have it figured out
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So we're sitting around 1000% higher risk compared to an AE86, then?
5 0 ReplyIf you don't want to get hit by my car stay out of the way sweetie
5 0 ReplySo every car should be slammed then
2 0 ReplySomeone do the math on how high it needs to be for 100% fatality.
2 0 Replyit would probably reach 100% driver fatality rate first because of tipping over at terminal velocity
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