STUDY: “SUVs [and pick-up trucks], which make up an increasingly large share of the vehicle fleet, are more likely to kill pedestrians than cars. Fresh designs haven't changed that.” Via @IIHS_autosafety.

Among many other costs & consequences.

https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-study-suggests-todays-suvs-are-more-lethal-to-pedestrians-than-cars

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New study suggests today’s SUVs are more lethal to pedestrians than cars

SUVs, which make up an increasingly large share of the vehicle fleet, are more likely to kill pedestrians than cars. Fresh designs haven't changed that.

IIHS-HLDI crash testing and highway safety
@BrentToderian “suggests”