-
-
Latest Discussions
-
-
It was a response to long and at times clearly unhelpful, not to say insulting, comments including ones implying that the initial report was madey-uppy. -
By Cyclemonkey · Posted
Seems to be lot of words to say parents should be supervising their children properly and adults should not be cycling on pavements. -
There are two causes for this problem The first is that modern safety requirements for cars (to protect pedestrians and cyclists in collisions) mean huge amounts of excess spacing in crumple zones to provide a cushion on impact. For example, in the past a lot of pedestrians suffered catastrophic head injuries when they ran in front of a car, because the bonnet was close to the engine block, so their heads bent the bonnet into the solid immovable engine and their heads cam off worse. To mitigate that there is now a huge amount of flex and space so that the head is cushioned from the engine. Naturally, the rest of the body work and car frame has had to increase to accommodate this safety measure. The second issue is electrification. Electric cars are massive because they have to carry huge batteries around to make them work. Massive amounts of space and height is given over to batteries in electric cars. The new electric Renault 5 (described as a "compact" hatch back) is nearly 4 metres long 2 metres wide. That makes it longer and wider than the original Range Rover.
-
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.