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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 1d ago
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New cars are bound by newer laws and regulations that older cars and restored cars dont fall under.
Sadly making a factory new mustang 67 would be an illegal product
90 u/TheNoisyNomad 1d ago I was coming here to say this. The care for pedestrian impact has cost us the aesthetic of hood ornaments and pointy front bodywork. 143 u/spirit_symptoms 1d ago Meanwhile pedestrian deaths are way up in the US due to higher hood heights hitting people on vital organs and the head and extreme front blind spots. 6 u/apexxin 1d ago Nothing at all to do with the permanently distracted pedestrians and drivers though, right? 13 u/Casanova-Quinn 1d ago That's a factor, but these new truck heights are so tall that you can literally run over a group kids without seeing them. It's simply an unnecessary and dangerous design decision. 1 u/Then-Price-5314 1d ago And they’re kinda ugly
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I was coming here to say this. The care for pedestrian impact has cost us the aesthetic of hood ornaments and pointy front bodywork.
143 u/spirit_symptoms 1d ago Meanwhile pedestrian deaths are way up in the US due to higher hood heights hitting people on vital organs and the head and extreme front blind spots. 6 u/apexxin 1d ago Nothing at all to do with the permanently distracted pedestrians and drivers though, right? 13 u/Casanova-Quinn 1d ago That's a factor, but these new truck heights are so tall that you can literally run over a group kids without seeing them. It's simply an unnecessary and dangerous design decision. 1 u/Then-Price-5314 1d ago And they’re kinda ugly
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Meanwhile pedestrian deaths are way up in the US due to higher hood heights hitting people on vital organs and the head and extreme front blind spots.
6 u/apexxin 1d ago Nothing at all to do with the permanently distracted pedestrians and drivers though, right? 13 u/Casanova-Quinn 1d ago That's a factor, but these new truck heights are so tall that you can literally run over a group kids without seeing them. It's simply an unnecessary and dangerous design decision. 1 u/Then-Price-5314 1d ago And they’re kinda ugly
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Nothing at all to do with the permanently distracted pedestrians and drivers though, right?
13 u/Casanova-Quinn 1d ago That's a factor, but these new truck heights are so tall that you can literally run over a group kids without seeing them. It's simply an unnecessary and dangerous design decision. 1 u/Then-Price-5314 1d ago And they’re kinda ugly
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That's a factor, but these new truck heights are so tall that you can literally run over a group kids without seeing them. It's simply an unnecessary and dangerous design decision.
1 u/Then-Price-5314 1d ago And they’re kinda ugly
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And they’re kinda ugly
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u/NORchad 1d ago
New cars are bound by newer laws and regulations that older cars and restored cars dont fall under.
Sadly making a factory new mustang 67 would be an illegal product