A New Study Shows that Tall Vehicle Hoods Have Caused Hundreds of Additional Deaths Each Year

14 hours ago by _haha_oh_wow_ to c/fuckcars

New research by the Times shows that thousands of fatal crashes involving pedestrians could have been avoided with lower hood heights and improved visibility.
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PlasmaTrout 1 point 12 hours ago

Wonder how many of these were "squatted" trucks?

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cubism_pitta 2 points 11 hours ago

Squatted trucks are likely a rounding error in the data. Especially when the stock hood height of many modern trucks is so tall.

I ride past an F250, Cybertruck, or Escalade on my bicycle and my head is just barely over the hood

I AM 5'11!!!!!!

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