Noted: For Safety, Vehicle Size is What Really Matters, not Mass
Here's a great writeup on why pedestrian and cyclist fatalities and injuries are up—car and truck size has increased substantially. So approaches based on constraining mass are unlikely to do the trick on their own.
What’s the deal with cars hitting pedestrians?
Background: I’m writing this in response to this thread. I don’t want people to think that EVs being more massive means they’re more dangerous for pedestrians, in part because I’m pro EV and want them to overtake ICE cars, but also because I’d like people to understand everyday physics and what…
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