That bumper is eye level with me. He could have probably decapitated me if he reversed with enough determination.
It's hard out there for small car people when everyone else is in an arms race to be as big as possible.
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While you’re in what looks like a 90s Honda, for newer sedans that are at the same height I always tell people I’d rather be in my small car in an accident than my giant 2500. Humans are real stupid and think that bigger = safer, but for cars and trucks it’s basically the opposite. The worst vehicle in the states to be in during an accident is a truck. Often SFA trucks have steering columns without much of a shear making for a giant harpoon aimed at your body during a crash. In every category the best these trucks can muster for accident ratings is “poor” and that’s if they’re lucky.
Yes. But the extra systemic problem those ratings don't show/account for is that moving at same speed these needlessly heavy trucks also carry more momentum, have relatively very shitty brakes for their weight (and the fairly poor tyre quality with 'design over function' approach doesn't help either).
What I'm saying is that if one of this (smoll pp) big trucks crashes into whatever your vehicle is will hurt a lot more compared if an (average pp) nornal car would have crashed into you at the same speed (more energy gets transferred into your mushy internals).
It's more dangerous for everyone + they actually disregard safety advances bcs box shape.
For the sake of the gene pool I hope you get your wish.