Fact Checking
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Absolutely. That’s why I said in my original post that that’s what FSD is for. There’s actually a big debate on in Europe at the moment regarding pedestrian safety with regards ever higher bonnets/hoods. Looking again at the Cybertruck, though, looks like the front is lower (?) than on a traditional truck. Possibly means it’s safer for pedestrians - but I’m no expert in this.
Sedans are the safest for adult pedestrians to be run over by: they'll typically be hit in the legs and 'roll over' the hood into the windshield and be thrown up or sideways. This is a survivable accident at surprisingly high speeds too (if you don't break your neck) - but not for small children (they are too low) or the elderly (they have too fragile bones).
The Cybertruck's front is too high for this kind of passive adult-pedestrian safety I believe - but unlike the Bollinger it will have radar and cameras watching to make sure this doesn't happen.
That's the real solution to pedestrian safety: this ~100 years history of it being dangerous to walk outside in the most civilized areas of our planet was an anomaly and the new norm will be that vehicles have to be safe around pedestrians, not the other way around. Every other vehicle will be banned from residential zones.
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