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Originally Posted by Angrybird 12
Do you realize that 11% of traffic deaths are from collisions with pedestrians? The hood crush zone is just one of the items being looked at to reduce these deaths. It's coming and automakers are looking ahead to meet them.
http://www.edmunds.com/car-safety/pr...le-design.html |
That number is a lot higher overseas and because of this the new Mercedes vehicles have cylinders under the rear of the hood to pop it up to help deflect a person from hitting the windshield on rest if world vehicles. This will be installed on US models soon.
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