It blows my mind that cars aren't designed for pedestrian safety but only for occupants inside the vehicle. For fucks sake some of these newer pickups and SUVS look like hot wheels toys with battering rams. It's just barbaric
I thought the reason "All cars look the same nowadays" was because of strict standards for having pedestrians roll off rather than under/acorss the vehicle if they hit it, to the point where they are all basically limited t oone design body type.
It might be true for cars (I think I remember reading about that a long time ago) but it is definitely not true for SUVs or trucks, which make up the overwhelming majority of sales today. And can you imagine how politicized it will be if, by some miracle, the government starts doing its job and regulating SUVs and trucks?
Nope, it was classified as a light truck to avoid a tax penalty for poor gas mileage. The PT cruiser is build on top of the Neon, (they are the same car underneath) so one can't pass without the other.
Yep, this is true. Just because the american pedestrian safety standards are lax doesn't mean american cars are unaffected by them. The vast majority of cars are designed to be sold internationally, and so american cars usually meet european standards, or can be very easily modified to do so. (headlight and taillight regulations in the US and Europe contradict each other.)
It blows my mind that cars aren't designed for pedestrian safety but only for occupants inside the vehicle. For fucks sake some of these newer pickups and SUVS look like hot wheels toys with battering rams. It's just barbaric
hate pickups and SUVs I'm going to set them all on fire :amerikkka:
Top of the line in utility sports / unexplained fires are a matter for the courts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w4P6vD5goc
At least (for the most part) we've stopped putting literal spears on the front of cars like in the 70s
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I thought the reason "All cars look the same nowadays" was because of strict standards for having pedestrians roll off rather than under/acorss the vehicle if they hit it, to the point where they are all basically limited t oone design body type.
It might be true for cars (I think I remember reading about that a long time ago) but it is definitely not true for SUVs or trucks, which make up the overwhelming majority of sales today. And can you imagine how politicized it will be if, by some miracle, the government starts doing its job and regulating SUVs and trucks?
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Nope, it was classified as a light truck to avoid a tax penalty for poor gas mileage. The PT cruiser is build on top of the Neon, (they are the same car underneath) so one can't pass without the other.
Yep, this is true. Just because the american pedestrian safety standards are lax doesn't mean american cars are unaffected by them. The vast majority of cars are designed to be sold internationally, and so american cars usually meet european standards, or can be very easily modified to do so. (headlight and taillight regulations in the US and Europe contradict each other.)
Yeah, and the mixed messages they give drivers are contradictory in the extreme. I mean, Dodge or Ram? Which is it?
This exactly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orkblTFNt1Q