Comment by silisili

This is mainly about A pillars, but one related problem I noticed and went through in particular are cars getting taller. Not just to sit in, but the entire body.

My wife is only about 5' tall which to be fair is fairly short, but she can't see over the hood on most new cars. Said another way, if a toddler were standing directly in front of the car she wouldn't see it. Even if she were closer to average height, I can see it still being a problem. Luckily we found a 2024 with a hood that sloped down towards the front bumper, solving the issue. The 2025 of the same make decided to flatten and box off the hood, causing the aforementioned problem.

And this is on a compact car. I have to imagine trucks, SUVs, and crossovers are even worse in this regard. I'm sure most of us have read stories about a person hitting a child that they didn't even see, and it's easy to see how.

It seems a lot of new cars are coming with pedestrian detection, but it feels like having a front camera that works like the rear camera when coming out of a stop would be beneficial if we insist on making them so tall.