Comment by jfk13
7 years ago
"overkill" may be an unfortunate word choice, if you're the pedestrian who has a close encounter with one of these.
7 years ago
"overkill" may be an unfortunate word choice, if you're the pedestrian who has a close encounter with one of these.
A pedestrian encounter with any vehicle is likely to have the same result.
No SUV's and trucks are wildly more dangerous to pedestrians.
The design of the vehicle has a significant impact [sorry!] on the pedestrian's chances. All those sharp edges can't be good.
Yeah but the glass breaks really easily so it should help disperse the impact.
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The overall height, especially of the hood is also really important for the pedestrian's chances. if a sedan hits you, ideally you can roll over the top. if a truck or suv with enough size hits you, you go under it.
Somehow I think the mass and speed is far more significant than a pointy bumper.
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Should be safer with self-driving versus human-driven pedestrian crushers (SUVs)
Not that it's a guarantee but at least tesla's emergency breaking detects pedestrians already. We're still a couple years from release. I'd like to think the long-term solution is to just stop hitting pedestrians with cars.