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-square42fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down15cross-posted to: fuck_trucks@sh.itjust.worksfuckcars@lemmy.cafuck_cars@lemmy.mlcars@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1260arrow-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.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to UnSilenced News Video@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: fuck_trucks@sh.itjust.worksfuckcars@lemmy.cafuck_cars@lemmy.mlcars@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
minus-squarenowwhatnapster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up65·1 year agoSo this means insurance companies start lowering premiums for those smaller low hood vehicles right?
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 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-squarecozy_chameleon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoMe and my knee-high Miata are hyped!
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?
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
Me and my knee-high Miata are hyped!
…right?…
A dead pedestrian is cheaper than an injured pedestrian