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Re:Six cars aced new pedestrian detection tests by griffinheart on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @03:59AM (#21395457)
I remember reading an article on hn that the rise of SUV's and their design is related to the increase of fatalities.

Like, compare a pedestrian collision where the car has a lower and more aerodynamic front vs the wall that is a SUV's front.

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Re:Six cars aced new pedestrian detection tests by benologist on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @12:40PM (#21399638)
SUVs are higher and hitting people in the head / chest -

https://www.aarp.org/auto/driver-safety/info-2018/suv-pedest...

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