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“Over the past decade, automotive safety regulators in Europe have made pedestrian safety a priority. But their American counterparts have not adopted the same
by lemoncucumber 6y ago
“Over the past decade, automotive safety regulators in Europe have made pedestrian safety a priority. But their American counterparts have not adopted the same rules to protect people outside of vehicles. As pedestrian deaths rise alarmingly fast in the U.S., with nearly 6,000 lives lost last year, the difference between the American and European approaches to the regulation of car design stands out strongly.”
Source: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/12/07/while-other-countries-mandate-safer-car-designs-for-pedestrians-america-does-nothing/ https://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/12/07/while-other-countries...
- TylerE 6y agoIronically pedestrian safety standards have generally raised hoods. The idea being that’s it better to not fling them up and over like a shovel
- Ichthypresbyter 6y agoPlus wanting clearance between the hood and the engine block.
- stefan_ 6y ago"Raised hoods" does not mean american truck hoods that hit you center mass, then throw you under. Unless you are a kid of course, then not only will the driver never see you, trucks positively decapitate you.