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Higher hood-lines are often used to provide crumple zones pedestrian impacts, as required in some jurisdictions.
by nickff 3y ago
Higher hood-lines are often used to provide crumple zones pedestrian impacts, as required in some jurisdictions.
- kube-system 3y agoOn some global-market cars that had previously very low hoods, yes. But it's not why US market SUVs have high hoods.
- xbar 3y agoRidiculous. No jurisdiction requires > 40 inches (100cm) hoodlines.
- Sohcahtoa82 3y agoThis makes absolutely no sense at all and flies in the face of all the statistics pointed out in the article. Lower hood-lines save lives. You don't need a tall crumple zone.
- nickff 3y agoI agree, but those rules require a crumple zone under the hood (basically between the hood line and top of engine). I didn’t write the rules, and I don’t enforce them.
- seadan83 3y agoCrumple zone and soft tissue do not really seem to go together. When a car hits a person, the person _is_ the crumple zone.