Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use

Re:Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use by pirate787 on Friday June 23, 2023 @07:29AM (#36445404)

The other major safety advantage of the SUV is in the single-car crash (hitting a tree, pole, etc). SUV weight provides a significant safety margin here. The single car crash is nearly 1/2 of all crashes and responsible for the majority of auto crash deaths!

Also, the newest SUVs have lower rollover death rates than the newest cars.

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Re:Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use by greedo on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:28PM (#36450546)

How are you going to implement elevated crossings in a suburban neighborhood, where the soccer moms in their monster SUVs can't see squat, and routinely speed? Kids are crossing multiple places; we can barely get ADA type curb cuts at the crossings.

Oh, and "pedestrian airbags" only help you avoid hitting the windshield. On most trucks and SUVs you don't even make it that far. You're just squashed like roadkill on their grills.

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Re:Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use by brewdad on Friday June 23, 2023 @06:06PM (#36452786)

I think the elevated crossing is the type where the crosswalk is raised and forms an effective speed bump requiring drivers to slow regardless of whether a pedestrian is present or not.

Something like this: https://goo.gl/maps/dmivYV7AzrDVmtBN6

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