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Modern cars in general get much better mileage and are much safer to drive in. (Yes, airbag shrapnel has happened.)

• dsfyu404ed 9y ago
  Only if you're driving forwards. The crash test rating arms race gave us vehicles we can't see out of then we backed over so many kids that the federal government mandated a rear camera in everything.
  • DaiPlusPlus 9y ago
    I want to think that’s just consumers’ preferences shifting towards SUV and Crossover cars that necessarily have poor rear visibility. Nothing about having a good rear crumple-zone leads to restricting the size of the rear window or placement of the C-pillars.
    • dsfyu404ed 9y ago
      It's the deep seating position that really kills visibility. the higher (relative to the bottom of the windows) seating position in crossovers helps drive their sales a lot. Crossovers typically have equal or better rear visibility to the car they're based on because the higher seating position means you can look down at a steeper angle greatly reducing the maximum distance at which a kid height object is not visible to the driver.
  • gowld 9y ago
    Is it true that older cars had fewer toddlers-crushed-per-trip?