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Sport utility vehicles and light trucks are allowed to mount their grill higher than a passenger vehicle and with less slope on the hood. This means that a coll
by mips_avatar 5y ago
Sport utility vehicles and light trucks are allowed to mount their grill higher than a passenger vehicle and with less slope on the hood. This means that a collision with a pedestrian is more abrupt and that’s why a collision with an SUV is 2-3x more deadly for a pedestrian than a collision with a passenger vehicle. https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-study-suggests-todays-suvs-are-more-lethal-to-pedestrians-than-cars https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-study-suggests-todays-s...
- jaywalk 5y agoThat article doesn't say anything about regulations. The only thing I can find that relates at all to what you're talking about are the Federal Bumper Standards, which only apply to passenger cars. Minivans are excluded as well as SUVs. Please link to the regulations you're actually referring to, not a generic article about SUVs causing more deaths.
- mips_avatar 5y agohttps://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/523.5 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/523.5 Specifically this regulation, the distinction between passenger and non passenger vehicles. A Lexus NX SUV should be considered and regulated as a passenger vehicle except for its 28 degree sloping chin giving it a “non passenger” vehicle exemption. This means it can avoid a slew of pedestrian safety measures.
- jaywalk 5y agoWhat are the safety measures that can be avoided?
- mips_avatar 5y agoThe major concern is bonnet (hood) heigh which as you mentioned is separate from the “passenger” vehicle designation. Entering non-passenger vehicle designation is more about avoiding fuel economy standards.