SUVs / trucks / cars could be made safer for pedestrians / bikers
By Hicbd
Mon Feb 1 2021 9:49 am
- "While trucks are here to stay, their styling can and should change. 'Replacement of the blunt front ends of light trucks with sloping, more aerodynamic [car-like] designs can reduce the risk of pedestrian deaths in the event of a crash'"
- "Like Europe, Australia, and Japan, the U.S. could require pedestrian-safety testing for passenger vehicles. If it did, carmakers would be pushed harder to incorporate what are called passive protection features, like energy-absorbing windshields and hoods that, on impact, instantly pop up to raise the hood angle and reduce crash forces."
- "Both Reimer and Hu are proponents of active protection systems."
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