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Millions of SUV, trucks have dangerous front blind zone

WTHR · 49K views · 2019-04-25 · 6:08

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Overview

A local TV news investigation showing that many SUVs and trucks have a large blind zone directly in front, hiding children from the driver. It includes a demonstration lining kids up in front of a vehicle.

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HN cites it in threads about large vehicles and pedestrian safety as a vivid demonstration of front blind zones.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2021–2026

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Cars, EVs & motorcyclesTransit, cities & urban planningMedia, journalism & propaganda
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suvtruckspedestrian safetyvisibilitychild safety

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sottol · 2026-06 · Reference

Hard to find reliable data, but could only find (shared) data for 2022 for large SUVs - whatabout doesn't quite cut it imo, feel free to look into midsize SUVs but imo the really large ones are more problematic: Ford Expedetion: 81,988 in 2021, 71,648 in 2022 Mercedes GLS: 24,482 in 2021, 12,395 in 2022 Chevy Tahoe: 106,030 2021, 109,032 2022 Chevy Suburban: 48,214 2021, 52,459 2022 Dodge Durango: 65,935 2021, 58,627 2022 GMC Yukon: 84,242 2021, 80,731 2022 Nissan Armada: 22,814 2021, 17,551 2022 Toyota Sequoia: 8,070 2021, 7,066 2022 (but about 25,000 after refresh in 2023) * Ford F-150 [2] *: 726,004 2021, 683,633 in 2022. The Large SUVs are all linked here: [LINK] I'm sure the mix is different and skews a lot more Japanese for mid-size (which are probably also dangerous), but these large SUVs and trucks with huge hoods and no rear visibility are getting quite problematic [1]. The front blind zones are pretty ridiculous, to the point that people advocate for front cameras: [VIDEO] (with timestamp). [1] [LINK] [2] [LINK]

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astura · 2024-01 · Reference

>An entire class of schoolchildren could be standing right in front of your vehicle and you wouldn't even notice. This sounds like hyperbole but is actually not hyperbole - [VIDEO] I'm a short woman and drive a sedan.

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botanical · 2023-08 · Reference

How deadly American trucks are to children is something I recently learnt: American cars have dangerous front blind zones that it took 13 kids in a line for an SUV driver to spot them: [VIDEO] ) Also: [LINK]

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