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Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says
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Lemme try - you drive one of these things up to a streetlight, with a crosswalk. Busy downtown street, large number of pedestrians on the sidewalks. It's a red light, so you stop and wait for your turn. Plenty of pedestrians make use of the crosswalk.
Now the light turns green. How can you be certain everyone's cleared the crosswalk, and there's nobody in front of you? After all, you can't see the ground for several yards in front of your truck! Can you be certain nobody slipped and fell? No kids got away from their parents? Nobody in a wheelchair is struggling with a pothole? You might be pretty sure you've accounted for everyone, but you're literally risking someone else's life on this "pretty sure" every time you go through one of these lights!