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Weight of SUVs/Trucks isn't really the right metric to use though.

The proportion of them which have a grill height which impairs visibility of the average height pedestrian would be a "better" metric, except it isn't as easy to cleanly define that.

With me driving in my 2000s Ranger, I can at least see adults walking in front of it just fine, even though it is bigger than a 1980 Toyota pickup.



It's any easy to measure metric, the article even shows it.

What we need is a "distance from the front of the car a 4' person is visible." metric. Car manufactures should be penalized for poor visibility.


It is doable, but it is harder for the average redditor to compute something reasonable than just looking at GVW.

You should really take into account driver height, pedestrian height and hood slope and length and height.


It doesn't help the truck size is usually inversely proportional to driver height.




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