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75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are Why (www.thedrive.com)
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[โ€“] xvapx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I completely agree about the cause of the accident, but there is actually a big correlation between vehicle height and accident mortality, the NYT published this report recently about it.

So it seems @9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works was actually correct and it's both.

[โ€“] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 20 hours ago

Re-read our comments. I stated the height was causing more accidents to be deadly. I said it has nothing to do with the difference in kinetic energy between cars and trucks. Because that's stupid.