There is a great thread about this on twitter [1] SUVs/Trucks have longer blind spots. They cause significantly worse accident outcomes due to hitting the uppe

There is a great thread about this on twitter [1] SUVs/Trucks have longer blind spots. They cause significantly worse accident outcomes due to hitting the upper body and sending the person under the car, instead of over. I might be stereotyping, but I have found big cars to be particularly popular among women and mothers, many of whom have even larger blind spots due to be shorter/ the car seat not going up high enough. > “We really feel we can see what’s in front of us, and if you tell somebody they can’t see eight feet in front of their vehicle, they think you’re crazy,” said Amber Rollins, who maintains the national injury and fatality database for KidsAndCars. “Unfortunately, not a day goes by that we don’t add a child to our database.” > That database shows each year at least 3,000 children are injured and an average of nearly 60 kids are killed in frontover accidents in the United States. KidsAndCars tracked 575 frontover deaths over the past 10 years, compared to 304 deaths in the prior decade– an increase of 89 percent. Small crossovers are particularly egregious because they are often just raised up hatchbacks with similar sized interiors and worse driving, worse visibility, and worse safety for everyone but the car sitting highest. I have similar but less valid complaint about SUVs when wagons have existed for time immemorial, with wagons driving better and having fewer blind spots. On a similar note, horsepower has constantly gone up with zero improvement (or even decrease) in the quality of drivers or changes to speed limits. Why do cars need 400+ Horsepower when the buyer explicitly claims to be buying these SUVs for comfort over drivability.[2] [1] https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1396939038456750089.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1396939038456750089.html [2] https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2021-01/trends2020-highlight4.png https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2021-01/trends202...