“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.”
Duh. More scientific survivalism via grants.
How about some actual hard data points?
Such as:
Pedestrian inattention (handheld devices, blaring earbud music)
Pedestrian violations (running across roadway, failure to use crosswalk)
Pedestrian under the influence
Pedestrian adhering to the ‘magic white line’ fallacy (i.e., failing to ensure traffic is absent or stopped before entering roadway)
(far from a complete list, but topping my own)
I personally know a person whose brother was critically injured getting off a bus and walking around the front directly into traffic. He was drunk. He suffered major head trauma and requires daily ‘assisted living’.
I learned on my own before age 10 to look at a driver’s eyes before entering traffic.
The more time that goes on, these biased statistics on pedestrian deaths and the resultant policies - aka ‘Vision Zero’ - smack more of a cudgel against motor vehicles in general than of pedestrian safety.
No, see my rant. #32.
They are regulating safety to the point it is causing more accidents in the first place!
Blame government, being Safety NAZIs, ironically.
And since SUVs and pickups are heavier they take longer to stop.🤔