The Grille Trend that Kills 509 People per Year
Category: Health, Science & Technology
Via: outis • 9 months ago • 2 commentsBy: Ryan Kluftinger
Why are newer pickup trucks killing so many pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists?
We set aside politics and emotional attachment to look at the data underpinning the issue.
Ryan Kluftinger is Canadian, so he may perhaps be forgiven for imagining that macho male Americans would ever abandon their "fist through the air" pickup grilles for a paltry five hundred lives.
What next? Save children's lives by controlling guns? Ridiculous!
Next thing you know, seat-belts will be obligatory.
The latest car lot where I live, it's named ''The Next Level'', bigger is always better in 'Merica.