Posted on 03/17/2022 6:16:43 AM PDT by devane617
Drivers of bigger vehicles such as pickup trucks and SUVs are more likely to hit pedestrians while making turns than drivers of cars, according to a new study.
The research released Thursday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety points to the increasing popularity of larger vehicles as a possible factor in rising pedestrian deaths on U.S. roads. The authors also questioned whether wider pillars holding up roofs of the larger vehicles make it harder for drivers to spot people walking near the corners of vehicles.
“The link between these vehicle types and certain common pedestrian crashes points to another way that the increase in SUVs on the roads might be changing the crash picture,” said Jessica Cicchino, a study author and vice president of research for the institute.
Although the study mentioned previous research showing blind spots caused by the “A-pillars” between the windshield and the cabin, the authors said more study is needed to link the blind spots to the increased deaths.
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Well, I guess that tops the time in 1997 when I saw an idiot actually reading the newspaper while driving. I put as much gone as I could between me and the idiot.
TFB. Take a truck next time.
This is a sad story along the SUV line here in Florida. Unlicensed 16yo plows into a daycare playground...
You listed lots of pedestrian fault. I don’t doubt that happens, or that drivers don’t also show direct fault.
My point was our betters have forced construction regulations on companies, resulting in cars that will save you in a crash - BUT MORE LIKELY TO CREATE THE CRASH! (It’s why they’re putting high-tech cameras and back and side sensors on them now, scrambling to make up for all the huge blind spots they’ve created to help save us when we crash.)
THAT is the regulation I’m talking about (never mind CAFE standards, etc.).
Yes, we may agree, but I want to emphasize this ignored observation - the cars have been turned into padded rooms, and we cannot see what we’re doing to be safe in the first place and not hurt outsiders or even ourselves (better to NOT be in a crash than to be in one with the best-padded car in the world).
No it’s not.
Just ask yourself who ever talks about all the padded strait-jacketing the gov has required of auto designers. Most cars you can hardly see out of.
Save you IN a crash, but do not save you FROM a crash.
Yes we must. But remember they are not acting alone. They are joined by those 20 second cross walk signals.
Heavier vehicles have longer braking distances.
Pickups and SUVs tend to be heavier than small sedans.
You have to wonder how many people step out in front of a large SUV thinking “they’ve got plenty of time to stop” not realizing the extra stopping time required.
And yes, people do step out in front of moving vehicles, particularly in parking lots.
Trying to drive past the front door of a Walmart or grocery is like playing a game of chicken. People wander out the front door and into the lane of traffic as if they owned the pavement.
OMG...I forgot about that. “Ramming speed!”
This is what I was going to post. I drive a small 20 year old truck (Ford Explorer Sport Trac). The worst drivers I see on the Houston roads are people in full-sized pickups or SUVs, particularly the trucks that are jacked up so as to loom even larger. Also many (though not all) are black vehicles. The drivers are not black, just the vehicles. For some reason the guys who gravitate to those vehicles tend to be overly aggressive a-holes. Maybe because they are so elevated in relation to the road everything else looks small and slow to them. They can probably see farther down the road due to the height, so they feel confident in doing all the weaving moves and in coming up close behind vehicles in order to bully them into getting out of their way. These guys are the pit-bulls of the road IMO.
I haven't noticed overly thick A-pillars on pickups or SUVs - and I have a particular dislike for poor visibility in vehicles. There are some oddball vehicles out there in which I have noticed this problem, such as the recent "retro" Toyota FJ Cruiser.
Heavier profile A-pillars these days seem to have more to do with airbags hidden in there, than vehicle type.
It is amazing that so many bicyclists and jay walkers cross the streets at night while wearing dark clothing.
You characterize these drivers perfectly. No, they are generally not the “work” trucks that people who used them used to routinely drive, but the luxury SUV/Truck varieties with all the bells and whistles. Many of them have that obscene “scrotum” hanging from the trailer hitch as well.
Compensation to the extreme.
My observation is that there are now far more SUVs and trucks than sedans.
If fewer pedestrians were standing, walking or running near the edge of the road and away from intersections, there would be fewer crashes with both larger vehicles AND cars that involve them.
Yeah, but what about blind people? They can’t hear them electric cars. I want one that sounds like the Jetsons flying car.
Berrrrrrrr
A big dare?😁
And since SUVs and pickups are heavier they take longer to stop.🤔
TOTAL BS!!
And Congressmen and Congresswomen are more likely to LIE to the Citizens of this Country.
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