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psychothumbs@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Feds target SUV, truck size to save pedestrian lives — ‘one of the last frontiers of vehicle safety’

chicago.suntimes.com

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Feds target SUV, truck size to save pedestrian lives — ‘one of the last frontiers of vehicle safety’

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psychothumbs@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stunned safety advocates by proposing new vehicle design rules that it says will help reduce pedestrian deaths. The rules will likely change vehicle design permanently.
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    That’s not to mention the optics.

    https://www.quora.com/Where-does-the-M1-Abrams-have-the-optics-of-its-main-cannon-I-dont-know-anything-about-tanks

    #4 is the optic for the RWS. This cannot be used to aim the main gun, but it can be used as an alternate form of CITV, especially since it’s so damned high off the ground, it may be able to see over obstacles. Not as good as CITV in the thermal range, though.

    That being said, some civilian vehicles are gonna have their own camera systems too, so…

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      Civilian vehicles should all have thermals and a night driving HUD. If I’m paying 30,000 dollars then they can damn well put some actual stuff in there. Headlights being weaponized isn’t something we have to tolerate.

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        Sorry, no can do, also cupholders are extra, best we can do is plastic hubcaps and a 10,000/6 month warranty.

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          Ugh. Too true. Cars would be 100% better if they weren’t a mass market necessity.

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