"Large cars also reduce visibility which further reduces safety."
This is a flawed mindset. Anyone who has taken driver's ed knows that the proper solution is to leave more following distance if you can't see.
"There has been a car size arms race for the past 30-40 years."
Actually, car sizes have been getting smaller over that time frame. However more people are opting for larger types of vehicles like trucks or SUVs. You can't find a car today that has the same capacities and space that my old 89 Caprice had.
Edit: why downvote?
Edit 2: I guess there are a lot of bad drivers who won't leave proper following distance and don't want to admit it by commenting. It's always someone else fault when they can't see or otherwise safely operate their vehicle...
They were talking about larger vehicles blocking the visibility of people in smaller vehicles. Visibility of pedestrians by someone in a large vehicle is not really an issue (it's a small blind spot that one should be tracking objects/people as they move in/out of it, just like for the other blind spots).
This is a flawed mindset. Anyone who has taken driver's ed knows that the proper solution is to leave more following distance if you can't see.
"There has been a car size arms race for the past 30-40 years."
Actually, car sizes have been getting smaller over that time frame. However more people are opting for larger types of vehicles like trucks or SUVs. You can't find a car today that has the same capacities and space that my old 89 Caprice had.
Edit: why downvote?
Edit 2: I guess there are a lot of bad drivers who won't leave proper following distance and don't want to admit it by commenting. It's always someone else fault when they can't see or otherwise safely operate their vehicle...