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Interesting. I didn't know that. Before the accident, I would have taken bigger windows over the side-impact bars if I'd been presented with the choice. And now
by foobarbecue 3y ago
Interesting. I didn't know that. Before the accident, I would have taken bigger windows over the side-impact bars if I'd been presented with the choice. And now I'm thankful to the regulators for taking away that freedom of choice. Odd.
- rideontime 3y agoA teaching moment. Sometimes the regulators actually do know what's best.
- mech7654 3y agoI am often frustrated at the poor visibility out of modern cars and I wonder how many crashes are caused by the poor visibility. It is the other side of the tradeoff that crash survivability data will not show- how many crashes would have been avoided altogether with better visibility.
- photonbeam 3y agoHad a near miss today with a cyclist who was covered by the giant windshield pillars
- flagrant_taco 3y agoI lived in Europe for a few years and was really struck by the focus on protecting pedestrians rather than drivers
- xnx 3y agoEntire compact cars can be obscured by the a pillar in my 2018 vehicle. Textbook case of unintended consequences.
- mrguyorama 3y agoYou are supposed to move your head around enough to see around the pillars
- flagrant_taco 3y agoHonest question - Would you rather have had the knowledge of the pros and cons of different designs, or the lack of freedom of choice when regulators know what's best for you?
- vGPU 3y agoPre-covid, I drove a low slung coupe. My roof was roughly equal in height to most people’s windowsill. I was fine with it. Post covid, I drive a midsize suv, and am no longer comfortable riding my motorcycle. What has changed? Simple - the other drivers. I now often witness an accident almost daily. I had a car wipe out in front of me last week. I constantly have drivers blindly merging into my lane. I don’t know what the long term effects of covid are, but I’m pretty sure they include the removal of awareness that other drivers exist on the road, as well as basic human decency. I used to joke that when I was driving on the west coast, I’d have to remove my turn signal as I’d have the car behind immediately speed up to cut me off. Sadly, this has now become the reality here on the east coast also.
- flagrant_taco 3y agoDo you think those are side effects of covid itself or more related to our pandemic response (lock downs, closing schools, WFH, vaccines, or something else)? This was pre-pandemic response, but for a few years I drove a Toyota MR2 and had a couple motorcycles. I feel pretty damn lucky to never have seen what would have happened to me wrecking any of those vehicles.
- vGPU 3y agoWho knows? There have definitely been plenty of studies showing that we're seeing more inflammation and I have definitely felt like people in general are getting "dumber". Likely a mix of several factors.
- ethbr0 3y agoHow'd the MR2 drive? I've had one of those on my quirk to-buy list for awhile.