Big Cars Are Killing Americans
The government can no longer allow the auto industry to treat walkers and bikers like collateral damage.
by Angie Schmitt
Dec 29, 2021
3 minutes
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After a decade of steady increases, the newest Ford F-250—part of Ford’s F-Series of pickups, the No. 1 selling vehicle model in America—measures some 55 inches tall at the hood. That’s “as tall as the roof of some sedans,” a writer remarked in a recent examining the mega-truck trend. This height would easily render someone in a wheelchair, or a child, totally invisible at close range. If I, a tallish woman at 5 foot 6, were hit by a new F-250, I would be struck above the chest. The face, head, neck: These are not great
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