Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H...
by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @03:45PM
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As others have pointed out, this is really pretty irrelevant when it comes to any individual car being out-of-date safety-wise on a ~decade time scale. Completely ignoring differences in vehicle size, my old, small sedan had no side-air bags, no ABS, no rearview camera, etc., and these days every small sedan must have those features. Things are only more dangerous to pedestrians if I decide to replace my small sedan with something like a Hummer, but that's an orthogonal decision.
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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H...
by aeharding on Sunday June 20, 2021 @05:12PM
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As you point out, you cannot buy a new car today (in the US) without a wide array of safety features for occupants.
Why isn't the same true for pedestrians and bicyclists?
Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H...
by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @07:37PM
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FWIW, one of your linked articles has a very good analysis of where pedestrian fatalities are increasing, and gives suggestions for both road design and vehicle improvements:
https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/study-highlights-rising-ped...