American drivers even more distracted by phones. Pedestrian deaths are soaring

Re:American drivers even more distracted by phones. Pedestri... by wyldfire on Friday February 23, 2024 @08:09AM (#39480111)

Those are on the B-pillars, near the driver/passenger heads - but they don't put em on the A-pillars, too, do they?

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Re:American drivers even more distracted by phones. Pedestri... by usrusr on Friday February 23, 2024 @08:25AM (#39480276)

If it's not airbags, it's crash test ratings. The death machine must only be a death machine to people on the wrong side of the line in the venn diagram depicting the set of owner and family.

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Re:American drivers even more distracted by phones. Pedestri... by sokoloff on Friday February 23, 2024 @08:14AM (#39480153)

They are in A-pillars on most cars I think, as part of the overhead curtain airbag system. (They are on both of mine, anyway; I don’t have a full dataset.)

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Re:American drivers even more distracted by phones. Pedestri... by eurekin on Friday February 23, 2024 @08:15AM (#39480160)

Speculation: total car mass implies the need of increased structural support in the case of a roll. I'm also guessing it's regulated

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Re:American drivers even more distracted by phones. Pedestri... by sidewndr46 on Friday February 23, 2024 @08:14AM (#39480157)

My truck has big labels letting you know there are airbags in the A-pillar.

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Re:American drivers even more distracted by phones. Pedestri... by doubleg72 on Friday February 23, 2024 @08:39AM (#39480423)

Any vehicle I have ever owned has them in the A-pillar. Not sure how they would work in the B-pillar with the seatbelt and all, but I am no auto expert.

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