Consumer Reports demonstrates how big blind zones can be and how we can help to protect our families.
Pickup trucks and crossover SUVs dominate our roadways. And as pickup trucks and large SUVs grow in size, so does the risk to people around them — when drivers hit people directly in front of them because of dangerous blind zones just past the hood. Consumer Reports demonstrates how big these blind zones can be and how we can help to protect our families.
Influenced by Consumer Reports’ testing of rear visibility, backup cameras have been required on all new cars since 2018. Backup cameras have saved lives by giving us all that additional view when we are moving backward. Now we need to shift the focus to the safety in front of the vehicle. Latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that in 2020 there were over 500 deaths and more than 10,000 “frontover” injuries due toAnd a disproportionate number of frontover victims are children. According to Kids and Cars, about 81 percent of victims are 6 and under.no lawThere are so many large vehicles on the roads that awareness has to be part of it.
A bill called the STOP Frontovers Act is in Congress and could require changes to certain vehicles to help prevent these types of crashes.
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