The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s

17 hours ago by Veserr to c/news

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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unitedwithme 21 points 16 hours ago

Its terrible how the auto industry responds with "we'll install pedestrian sensors with auto braking" instead of trimming back the massive sizes and 50% bigger blind spots. And go figure they cost about the same to make, yet charge so much extra money... No wonder the avg vehicle is over $50k, cuz trucks and SUVs have surpassed 70k on avg smh.

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redsand 2 points 8 hours ago

Why are my C and D pillars a foot thick and blocking 20% of my view. The roof isn't that heavy

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unitedwithme 5 points 7 hours ago

No, but in a rollover, your massive truck or SUV is very heavy. That's why pillars have increased so much.

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redsand 1 point 2 hours ago

Yeah but my A and B pillars are tiny and that's where the engine and I are

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