> In the US, trucks are exempt from most of the pedestrian safety requirements (and many of the occupant safety tests too). What? Why?? I knew they had much wi

> In the US, trucks are exempt from most of the pedestrian safety requirements (and many of the occupant safety tests too). What? Why?? I knew they had much wider tolerances for pollution which is playing a part in manufacturers heavily pushing them, but why the gell would they be exempt from any pedestrian or passenger safety requirement? (And yes, it's obvious modern American trucks are deadly to passengers, the question is how they how was that allowed)