silence7@slrpnk.net to UnSilenced News Video@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTruck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals | Vehicles with hood heights that are 40 inches or higher are 45 percent more likely to kill a pedestrian than a shorter vehicle, the report concludeswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1269cross-posted to: fuck_cars@lemmy.mlcars@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1269external-linkTruck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals | Vehicles with hood heights that are 40 inches or higher are 45 percent more likely to kill a pedestrian than a shorter vehicle, the report concludeswww.theverge.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to UnSilenced News Video@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square43fedilinkcross-posted to: fuck_cars@lemmy.mlcars@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
minus-squarenowwhatnapster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up67·1 year agoSo this means insurance companies start lowering premiums for those smaller low hood vehicles right?
minus-squarecozy_chameleon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoMe and my knee-high Miata are hyped!
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoIt actually goes up because all the giant cars can squish it making death / injury more likely.
minus-squaren3m37h@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoSadly this will be the case and I fucking hate it
minus-squarePyr_Pressure@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoA dead pedestrian is cheaper than an injured pedestrian
So this means insurance companies start lowering premiums for those smaller low hood vehicles right?
Me and my knee-high Miata are hyped!
It actually goes up because all the giant cars can squish it making death / injury more likely.
Sadly this will be the case and I fucking hate it
not if it’s liability
…right?…
A dead pedestrian is cheaper than an injured pedestrian