Parzivus [any]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agoEvery 10cm of car front end height increases pedestrian fatality risk by 22%www.sciencedirect.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkEvery 10cm of car front end height increases pedestrian fatality risk by 22%www.sciencedirect.comParzivus [any]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
The author estimates that limiting consumer vehicle height to 1.25m would save around 500 lives per year in the US
minus-squareRed_Sunshine_Over_Florida [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-210 months agoThe 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.
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 months ago It’s your uber…am outside.
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.
It’s your uber…am outside.