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Originally Posted by aerohead
Federal pedestrian safety regulations are driving higher cowl heights to protect potential victims from striking engine hard points under the hood,as well as the wiper motor.
This law won't be going away and automakers will have to design accordingly.
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This got me thinking: Cars have been designed to increase pedestrian safety, yet bullbars are legal? Driving with one is like screaming: "I hate pedestrians!"
Sorry if I'm ranting, but I see a lot of cars with shiny chrome pedestrian killers on their front bumper, not only on off-road vehicles, but even on econoboxes which never leave the city. I see absolutely no reason for them, except to inflict as much damage as possible in case of a collision. Or maybe it's part of the macho compensating-for-something image?
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