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Haven’t heard that before, will need to look into it. Big one I’ve heard is CAFE standards (fuel economy) are more lenient for light trucks vs passenger cars. I think this was mainly for shipping/work vehicles, but companies took advantage to sell bigger cars for better profit.
I'm certainly not an expert in this topic, so I'm trying to read more about it. Here are a few things I found with some quick googling.
Here's an article about the criticism of NHSTA's status quo:
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/01/04/four-ways-automotive-regulators-could-save-pedestrian-lives
But it does look like NHSTA is changing course:
https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-proposes-new-crashworthiness-pedestrian-protection-testing-program
But this sentence makes it sound like they aren't going to be changing the rules for manufacturers:
I'm sure there's a lot of fear of harming US manufacturers who have bet a lot on selling huge trucks and SUVs.
Sorry if this post is a little off-topic. Maybe I should have gone to @fuck_cars.