A new NYT analysis found that anyone shorter than 5-foot-6 — about half of American adults — would frequently be knocked to the ground in front of today's average vehicle.
Its ok though, we had to get rid of popup headlights because “oh no pedestrian safety”. But classify fucking everything as a light truck and you can do whatever the fuck you want.
Instead of headlights 2 feet off the ground, now we have overpowered searchlights (brighter = safer, amirite?) mounted 4 feet high, guaranteed to blind pedestrians and any shorter vehicle’s driver.
Its ok though, we had to get rid of popup headlights because “oh no pedestrian safety”. But classify fucking everything as a light truck and you can do whatever the fuck you want.
Instead of headlights 2 feet off the ground, now we have overpowered searchlights (brighter = safer, amirite?) mounted 4 feet high, guaranteed to blind pedestrians and any shorter vehicle’s driver.