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Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says

www.theguardian.com

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1mo ago

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says

www.theguardian.com /world/2025/jun/11/ever-rising-height-car-bonnets-suv-threat-to-children-report

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1mo ago

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says

www.theguardian.com /world/2025/jun/11/ever-rising-height-car-bonnets-suv-threat-to-children-report

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Yeah we're well beyond children now...
I remember watching a Simpsons episode about how deadly big cars are back when I was like, young. At least 15 years ago. We've known this for so long, how is it so difficult to just set a maximum height commuter vehicles?
(It's a rhetorical question, but it anyone has an actual answer then count me curious.)
- Canyonero oooh Canyonerooooo... HEY, YA!
- We've known this for so long, how is it so difficult to just set a maximum height commuter vehicles?
  Because the United States EPA designed fuel efficiency regulations in a fucked-up way that incentivizes manufacturers to produce larger and larger trucks.
  https://youtu.be/azI3nqrHEXM
  
  This may be true about the US. What's the UK's excuse?
  
  Generally speaking, true. But specifically hood height and forward visibility is purely aesthetics. They are marketing "tough" as that big grill, and they want that "chopped" look where the windows are very short relative to the rest of the body.
"You want to buy a Chelsea tractor? OK, as long as you know and accept the consequences." Only let them buy 4x4s that come with a wrap like the kind you get on cigarettes, but instead showing injuries and deaths to pedestrians caused by 4x4s.

" STUPIDLY LARGE VEHICLES KILL CHILDREN "
Because launching them into the sky and letting the ground do the killing impact looks better for the numbers?
- with a tall flat front the entire kinetic energy gets transfered directly into the child. with a sloped lower hood this doesn't happen. you might end up tumbling over the hood but that's actually desired. the kinetic impact is way lower, resulting in higher survival chances.
- The damage happens because of acceleration. Hitting a wall is the maximum acceleration. Rolling over something is comparatively little acceleration.
- No.
  The lower hood is so you can SEE THEM, AND NOT HIT THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
- Homie's never played GTA in the relaxed, follow the rules of the road kind of way and I think that's sad. 🙁

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