E.g. SUVs are heavier, so they take longer to stop - if a child runs on the road in front of you, it will have less chances to survive if you're not driving an SUV.
if child runs on the road and you do not drive carefully in order to take it into consideration, it will end badly. there is probably better chances that child will survive when i drive my suv for two reasons
- because my seat is higher it easier for me to see from "above" somebody been between cars ahead and running out, compared to somebody who sits in reno clio on the ground and seeing nothing till last moment
- there is a good chance that radars in "last moment scenario" will react faster than human.
otherwise lets ban vans, buses, tracks, etc
There is a good reason we have vans and buses, and no good reason for the huge amount of SUVs. Other than stupid people using them as a stupid status symbol.
you should look into mechanics, breaks, tires, etc. you know, those things that help us to overcome laws of physics as related to inertial movement
>There is a good reason we have vans and buses, and no good reason for the huge amount of SUVs. Other than stupid people
so you call me stupid now ?
>using them as a stupid status symbol.
i personally use it for transportation
Yeap, stupid and selfish.
If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
You can fit 9 kids in a row in front of an SUV without seeing them:
https://media.nbcwashington.com/2022/07/SUV-Blind-Zone-Demon...
But the real question, did you ever run into situation when 9 kids sitting on road suddenly appeared in front of driving car?
you look only on vehicle size, but it's only one part. there are technical solution to prevent those problems. my car (circa 2019) has cameras/radars and they enable car functionality of pedestrian detection, small pet detection, kangaroo detection (only in australia?), animal detection. New models have more/better radars just for this i think.