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[quote=Anonymous]Something that everyone who owns SUV should read once,

[b]Millions of vehicles have unexpected, dangerous front blind zone[/b]
https://www.kidsandcars.org/2019/04/26/millions-of-vehicles-have-unexpected-dangerous-front-blind-zone/

We really feel we can see what’s in front of us, and if you tell somebody they can’t see eight feet in front of their vehicle, they think you’re crazy,” said Amber Rollins, who maintains the national injury and fatality database for KidsAndCars. “Unfortunately, not a day goes by that we don’t add a child to our database.”
That database shows each year at least 3,000 children are injured and an average of nearly 60 kids are killed in frontover accidents in the United States. KidsAndCars tracked 575 frontover deaths over the past 10 years, compared to 304 deaths in the prior decade– an increase of 89 percent

“I can’t see any of them. That’s shocking.”
Rollins said she suspects the actual number of frontover accidents nationwide is much higher than what her organization has tracked through media and police reports because many frontovers that do not result in a fatality go unreported.
“We think of these things as freak accidents, but they’re happening much more often than people think,” she explained. “The worst thing for me is when a parent calls and says ‘Why didn’t you tell me this could happen to me? If only I had known about that front blind zone.’”
Because many drivers are unaware of the danger surrounding frontover accidents, 13 Investigates conducted several demonstrations to help illustrate the significant size of front blind zones in large vehicles. Those demonstrations shocked drivers, unaware they could not see objects directly in front of their SUVs.

Read the rest here:

https://www.kidsandcars.org/2019/04/26/millions-of-vehicles-have-unexpected-dangerous-front-blind-zone/
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