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Number of annual U.S. Pedestrian Fatalties (feddit.uk)
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[–] 85 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I think that's around when SUVs started really becoming commonplace and "everyday" pickup trucks like the f150 started getting gi-fucking-normous.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    This is it. A 2006 Ford F150 has a hood height of 51 inches, or just over 4 feet. Getting hit by one of these would be bad, but for many people it wouldn't likely result in a head injury. A 2026 Ford F150 has a hood height of 75 inches, or more than 6 feet tall. Getting hit by one of these as a pedestrian is practically a guaranteed head injury.

    I'm sure there are other factors. Higher speeds, lack of investment in infrastructure, political unwillingness to make any changes that might increase congestion or slow down drivers. But I believe hood height is playing a huge role in the type and severity of pedestrian injuries in the US and Canada.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    They certainly don't help but according to this, the spike is related to smartphones not trucks/SUVs

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  • [–] -3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    That scale though. You could stretch or squeeze any data to fit a curve like that.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    This is absolute bullshit, I am just over 6' and there is not a stock car on the market in America that I cannot see over the hood.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Not sure where the actual numbers came from that they posted, but pedestrian fatalities correlates well with "hood height" of the vehicle. I'm referencing from memory here and would have to go digging for the actual source. The "hood height" could be slightly ambiguous but was taken as the point where the hood basically turns. Think about a 90's minivan and it's pretty low, a sedan is also low, a new gmc sierra or whatever is not so low.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    75 is roof height not hood height.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    https://www.jimburkeford.com/ford-f-150-height-research/

    2026 to 2021 Ford F-150 Height

    (Fourteenth generation: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)

    The current fourteenth generation F-150 keeps the same basic footprint and roofline from 2021 through at least the 2026 model year. Ford lists cab height by cab style and trim, with off road models sitting noticeably taller.

    Typical factory cab heights for 2021 to 2026 F-150:

    Regular Cab: about 75.2 to 75.6 inches, depending on exact configuration

    SuperCab: about 75.4 to 77.1 inches, with four wheel drive and off road packages toward the top of that range

    SuperCrew: about 75.6 to 77.6 inches for most trims

    Tremor: around 79.3 inches

    Raptor and Raptor R: around 79.8 inches thanks to taller suspension and tires

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    The fact that it's more difficult to see someone in front of you when your hood is 6 feet up probably has a lot to do with it too. Takes longer to stop a heavier vehicle too.

    Commercial driving licenses exist to ensure there's additional training for people driving a large vehicles. But there's no additional training needed for driving massive pickup trucks.

    I don't like my chances as a pedestrian getting hit by even a Honda Civic. But I think someone driving a Civic is more likely to see me and stop their car before hitting me than someone driving a lifted F-350.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Good thing tankies got Trump elected again after Biden pushed to include pedestrian-safety into vehicle design.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Congrats, this is the dumbest fucking comment I've seen on the internet today.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Instead of advocating for proportional representation to prevent vote splitting or vote skipping you tankies demand perfectionism allowing the fascist to win unopposed on the ballot resulting in many people of colour getting tortured and murdered by ice and Israel getting armed no questions asked for their bs acceleration fantasy tearing everything down in hopes a magically leftist government appears out of nowhere.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago*

    It was the tankies that decided not to have a primary for the Democratic nominee? Biden was unpopular by the end and Harris wanted to do everything he did, except she wanted to make the military more lethal and said she would have a Republican in her cabinet. Biden pushed through in the last months of his term the opening up of several new ICE facilities and gladly continued arming Israel when it was well documented that they were committing genocide, and Harris would do the same. The dems seemingly did everything they could to sabotage the election. Is your view really that the entire blame for Trump and the fascist rise to power is due to tankies? They really had a tiny impact if anything compared to every other thing that secured Trump's win.

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