Big trucks and SUVs, especially those with flat front ends, aren’t just more intimidating to look at, they are genuinely deadlier for pedestrians, according to new research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Go look at pedestrian deaths by year and try and guess the year the Iphone released. Here’s a hint, its the year before rates started to increase after they had been steadily decreasing for 30 years.
Truck market share hasn’t increase that much, nor have trucks actually gotten any bigger. Also the SUV craze had already been in full swing since the early 2000s as their market share only went up like 5% between 2000 & 2013.
I don’t doubt for a second SUVs & Trucks are more dangerous in pedestrian collisions, they’re bigger vehicles it’s a given. But the increase in pedestrian fatalities is 95% driven by smart phone related distracted driving.
Go look at pedestrian deaths by year and try and guess the year the Iphone released. Here’s a hint, its the year before rates started to increase after they had been steadily decreasing for 30 years.
Truck market share hasn’t increase that much, nor have trucks actually gotten any bigger. Also the SUV craze had already been in full swing since the early 2000s as their market share only went up like 5% between 2000 & 2013.
I don’t doubt for a second SUVs & Trucks are more dangerous in pedestrian collisions, they’re bigger vehicles it’s a given. But the increase in pedestrian fatalities is 95% driven by smart phone related distracted driving.