@[email protected] to UnSilenced News VideoEnglish • 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-up1269arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]cars[email protected]
arrow-up1263arrow-down1external-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.com@[email protected] to UnSilenced News VideoEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square43fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]cars[email protected]
minus-square@nowwhatnapsterlink67•1 year agoSo this means insurance companies start lowering premiums for those smaller low hood vehicles right?
minus-square@Raiderkevlink9•1 year agoIt actually goes up because all the giant cars can squish it making death / injury more likely.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoSadly this will be the case and I fucking hate it
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•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