Millions of vehicles have unexpected, dangerous front blind zone

Re:Millions of vehicles have unexpected, dangerous front bli... by Gibbon1 on Sunday February 09, 2020 @04:01PM (#22284278)

I totally see that with my newer car. And the sloping windshield also creates glare in the late afternoon that makes it hard to see pedestrians.

I think driver viability has be seriously compromised in the last 20 years. And suspect that we've only be rating cars by how safe they are for their occupants. Instead of over all. Not sure but I think pedestrian deaths are up sharply in the last ten years.

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Re:Millions of vehicles have unexpected, dangerous front bli... by rad_gruchalski on Sunday February 09, 2020 @06:06PM (#22284960)

> Not sure but I think pedestrian deaths are up sharply in the last ten years.

Definitely not in the EU: https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/sites/roadsafety/...

„In 2016, 5.320 pedestrians were killed in road accidents in the EU (excluding Lithuania and Slovakia), which is 21% of all road fatalities. During the decade 2007-2016, in the European Union, pedestrian fatalities were reduced by 36%, while the total number of fatalities was reduced by almost 41%.”

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Re:Millions of vehicles have unexpected, dangerous front bli... by Gibbon1 on Sunday February 09, 2020 @09:29PM (#22285924)

In the US I find from this article that they are up sharply.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/03/01/pedestrian-deaths-rea...

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