Parzivus [any] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoEvery 10cm of car front end height increases pedestrian fatality risk by 22%www.sciencedirect.commessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up159
arrow-up159external-linkEvery 10cm of car front end height increases pedestrian fatality risk by 22%www.sciencedirect.comParzivus [any] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
The author estimates that limiting consumer vehicle height to 1.25m would save around 500 lives per year in the US
minus-squareDr. WeskerlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoSomeone do the math on how high it needs to be for 100% fatality.
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoit would probably reach 100% driver fatality rate first because of tipping over at terminal velocity
Someone do the math on how high it needs to be for 100% fatality.
it would probably reach 100% driver fatality rate first because of tipping over at terminal velocity