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That blind spot houses a curtain airbag that has significantly increased safety in crashes. Engineering is managing tradeoffs. Safety is now a mandatory standar
by sojournerc 4y ago
That blind spot houses a curtain airbag that has significantly increased safety in crashes. Engineering is managing tradeoffs. Safety is now a mandatory standard. We can have small a-pillars at the expense of safety.
As with any blind spot, one just has to move their head...
- dabeeeenster 4y agoSafety for drivers but not for pedestrians or cyclists.
- bpye 4y agoNot just that, but at the specific expense of pedestrians and cyclists.
- hef19898 4y agoAccident data and crash tests proof otherwise.
- bpye 4y agoThe data I can find with a very quick google shows that higher vehicles are more dangerous to pedestrians and so the move towards SUVs and trucks has put pedestrians at higher risk . - 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... - https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/10/3/154 https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/10/3/154 - https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6411168 https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6411168
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoSide curtain airbags are probably a bigger plus to the safety of reasonable people who are wearing seat-belts and not crashing into shit head on at high speed than frontal airbags since the latter is just the last stage of a bunch of tech whereas side curtain is doing most of the heavy lifting in its direction.
- 7952 4y agoI was talking about the squared front ends that reduce visibility directly in front of the vehicle.