2026-08-02 12:46 UTC
@iju@mastodon.social @RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu What newer car do you think is more about protecting pedestrians than an older car? Because all I see is higher hoods, lower visibility, and heavier cars.
What are these magic fenders you’re talking about? And is that a sacrifice for the driver?
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@iju@mastodon.social 2026-08-02 14:58
@ahltorp@mastodon.nu @RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu First, the above was slightly sarcasm. If a car needs to protect either itself or pedestrians around it, we're designing them wrong. Second, I haven't checked but I'm almost certain that Wikipedia has an excellent article about the evolution of fenders. Third, not many "higher hoods" on my neighbourhood, so I didn't really consider above that they may exist somewhere else. Somewhat myopic, but I never claimed the above post was written with peer-review in mind.