If insurance companies were getting hosed by injured people, why don’t they look into ways that cars might cause fewer injuries instead of abandoning the injured?
One easy such thing, is puttling a piece of metal over a tractor trailer’s wheel area, so you get deflected if you go under and not chewn up and spit out. It’s voluntary and few trucks have it on them yet but a bunch of little stuff like that could help.
why don’t they look into ways that cars might cause fewer injuries instead of abandoning the injured?
I’m pissed they’re repaving the streets near me but they’re not taking the time to make them any safer. No curb extensions or daylighting. Certainly nothing so extreme as a separate bike lane.
My city and state both have so-called “Complete Streets” policies, yet still fail to do that. They’re literally violating their own rules, but it would take a lawsuit to stop it.
If insurance companies were getting hosed by injured people, why don’t they look into ways that cars might cause fewer injuries instead of abandoning the injured?
Capitalism is the enemy of reason.
One easy such thing, is puttling a piece of metal over a tractor trailer’s wheel area, so you get deflected if you go under and not chewn up and spit out. It’s voluntary and few trucks have it on them yet but a bunch of little stuff like that could help.
I thought those were for airflow. They do not look strong enough to deflect anything bigger than a bicycle.
https://www.propublica.org/article/underride-crashes-nhtsa-dot-iihs-safety-cars-trucks
I just saw one of these blockers the other day, almost all trucks do not have them though. I’m not sure what you are referring to exactly.
I’m pissed they’re repaving the streets near me but they’re not taking the time to make them any safer. No curb extensions or daylighting. Certainly nothing so extreme as a separate bike lane.
My city and state both have so-called “Complete Streets” policies, yet still fail to do that. They’re literally violating their own rules, but it would take a lawsuit to stop it.