Re:US DOT awards $800M toward street safety
by giantg2 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:37PM
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Did they give any stats on the percentage of pedestrian accidents where visibility was a factor? It doesn't seem like it would be a major factor if the driver is paying attention to objects entering and leaving their blind spots, as well as the increasing use of cameras, collision detection, etc.
It seems the biggest factor is alcohol, which played a role in around 50% of pedestrian fatalities (not all on the part of the driver).
Re:US DOT awards $800M toward street safety
by notch898a on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:50PM
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The ever growing size of trucks is in part because the government outlawed the more reasonable economical compact trucks, through an absolutely bone-headed combination of CAFE and the chicken tax and various regulation.
Re:US DOT awards $800M toward street safety
by alar44 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:58PM
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If your kid is so stupid they can't look out for a giant fucking truck in the street... Fuck em. We have enough people.
Re:US DOT awards $800M toward street safety
by dang on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:58AM
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There was a great article on here the other day about the evolution of pickup trucks, the user-survey statistics about how trucks are typically used was pretty eye opening. As was the size of the forward facing blindspot for your everyday stock F-150. Kids don't stand a chance.