Category: Safety

Clean Technica Safety

Car Bonnets Becoming Half Centimetre Higher Every Year, Driving Road Safety Fears — Study

Car Bonnets Becoming Half Centimetre Higher Every Year, Driving Road Safety Fears — Study
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Drivers of high fronted cars are unable to see children as old as nine, tests find. The bonnet height of new cars in Europe is increasing by half a centimetre a year, on average, driven by the growth in SUV sales, new research finds. The trend is part of the recent phenomenon … [continued]

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London Free Press Safety

‘Alarming’ school bus crashes spark outcry at London elementary school

‘Alarming’ school bus crashes spark outcry at London elementary school
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Parents are sounding the alarm after two vehicles recently struck parked school buses – with students already on board – outside a south London elementary school. “There have been multiple incidents involving vehicles colliding with parked school buses along Ernest Avenue” at Sir Arthur Carty elementary school, parent Ashleigh Withenshaw said. “The pattern is alarming […]

Clean Technica Research Safety

The One Big Robotaxi Benefit — Safe Driving

The One Big Robotaxi Benefit — Safe Driving
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We’ve had a few articles recently highlighting problems with the idea of a robotaxi revolution. (See here, here, and here.) However, there are definitely some upsides to robotaxis, and there’s one in particular that deserves a nod. A reader shared this study with us in a comment thread, and it … [continued]

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