Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians

Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by nickff on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:03PM (#38268853)

Higher hood-lines are often used to provide crumple zones pedestrian impacts, as required in some jurisdictions.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:38PM (#38269381)

This makes absolutely no sense at all and flies in the face of all the statistics pointed out in the article.

Lower hood-lines save lives. You don't need a tall crumple zone.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by nickff on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @05:07PM (#38270500)

I agree, but those rules require a crumple zone under the hood (basically between the hood line and top of engine). I didn’t write the rules, and I don’t enforce them.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by xbar on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:33PM (#38269313)

Ridiculous. No jurisdiction requires > 40 inches (100cm) hoodlines.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by kube-system on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:26PM (#38269222)

On some global-market cars that had previously very low hoods, yes. But it's not why US market SUVs have high hoods.

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Re:Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose great... by seadan83 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:45PM (#38269480)

Crumple zone and soft tissue do not really seem to go together. When a car hits a person, the person _is_ the crumple zone.

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