Comment on Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier
Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Vehicles with a front height that’s above the average adults waist height should be given automatic zero stars for vulnerable road user protection rating.
Anything with a zero rating should be restricted from being driven while on probation. They should also attract a special extra registration fee.
The fact that at the moment some high fronted child crushers can get 5 stars is a damming indictment of ANCAP.
Salvo@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Not to mention heavy!
My little Jimny has a (comparatively) high grille and it will do some nasty damage to anyone who I neglect to see, but it only has 1200kg of mass. Still enough make people have a bad day and not the most ergonomic thing to lean against when it is moving. The Driver Assistance Systems are not great, but enough to stop me from making too many stupid mistakes.
These huge American behemoths weigh 3-4 times as much, have even worse visibility and the nose is shaped like a giant tenderising mallet. The driver assistance systems are just as bad, but meet a checklist of features that give the drivers as false sense of complacency and ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from AMCAP.