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If Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America? (www.thedrive.com)
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[–] 40 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Ok so the thing is, when you get hit by small car you usually tend to roll over the top w some injuries. You can't really do that when its a giant truck/SUV the height of you and you end up rolling under their BIGASS SUSPENDED VEHICLE

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    fun fact there's a standard bumper height that all cars have to respect exactly for this reason, AND such that cars always collide bumper to bumper, not bumper to hood, or bumper to windshield

    GUESS WHAT FUCKING VEHICLE CLASS IS EXEMPT FROM THAT FUCKING GUESS

    also guess what EVEN FUCKING SEMITRUCKS ARENT EXEMPT FROM THAT IN EUROPE. SEMI TRUCKS HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN HEIGHT ON THEIR BUMPER TO MATCH CARS, WHILE AMERICAN SUV'S DON'T

    I'm sorry but this is fucking infuriating to me. I gotta log off now bye

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