Parzivus [any] to technology • 5 months agoEvery 10cm of car front end height increases pedestrian fatality risk by 22%external-linkmessage-square12 fedilinkarrow-up161file-text
arrow-up161external-linkEvery 10cm of car front end height increases pedestrian fatality risk by 22%Parzivus [any] to technology • 5 months agomessage-square12 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
The author estimates that limiting consumer vehicle height to 1.25m would save around 500 lives per year in the US
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]hexbear2·5 months agoit would probably reach 100% driver fatality rate first because of tipping over at terminal velocity link
it would probably reach 100% driver fatality rate first because of tipping over at terminal velocity