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Feds target SUV, truck size to save pedestrian lives — ‘one of the last frontiers of vehicle safety’

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Feds target SUV, truck size to save pedestrian lives — ‘one of the last frontiers of vehicle safety’

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News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stunned safety advocates by proposing new vehicle design rules that it says will help reduce pedestrian deaths. The rules will likely change vehicle design permanently.

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It depends on where, but it can be quite a bit. Typically goes towards road maintenance and whatnot.

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