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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
There's been lots out there about vehicles getting giant and the rammifications for pedestrians:
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I saw that in action the other day. There was a giant truck waiting to turn right onto a busy road stopped at an uncontrolled crosswalk. They were looking left, waiting for the traffic to clear. Once it was clear, they looked forward to check the crosswalk and started to go. But because their truck was so tall with a flat front, they didn't see an older woman in a mobility scooter who was crossing from right to left in front of them and smashed into her, pinning her and her scooter under the front of the truck.
In any reasonably sized vehicle, the driver would have clearly seen the person. But with a grocery getter with a 4.5-5' high hood and a flat front, it's basically impossible to see anything that height when it's in front of you.