1) Cars continue to get bigger in the US. Sigh. Pedestrian accidents in the US are mostly low speed but now you take a full, flat hit rather than crumpling ov

1) Cars continue to get bigger in the US. Sigh. Pedestrian accidents in the US are mostly low speed but now you take a full, flat hit rather than crumpling over the hood. And as much as I hate the profiteers, maybe $5/gal gas will finally get some people to pay fscking attention and buy a smaller car. 2) Don't pedestrian accidents almost always bear some fault on the vehicle driver in the EU? That would tend to create a much different set of incentives than in the US where "accidents" are pretty much never considered the fault of the driver unless the driver is completely wasted.