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So this is only one of the reasons, and a relatively small one:

“Our estimate is that about 200 to 400 pedestrians a year would not have died if vehicles had remained approximately the same size over the past quarter-century,” the report continued. “That represents about 10 percent of the recent increase in pedestrian deaths.”

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Sometimes safety comes from lots of little adjustments. So perhaps we should see 10% as large, not small.

Sadly, most will ignore your common sense just as they are ignoring the data.

Came here to highlight the same. The fact that only 10% are being attributed to bigger cars, but the exact reason isnt being discussed. More than likely its the addiction to technology, the smart phones, and somehow its not part of discussion in the article.

If ignored, it would imply that the sense you're referring to is not a common one.

Yes, the old joke about common sense not being common anymore. But of course it was always meant as a figure of speech to indicate plainly logical items.

Common perhaps, just not in this particular filter bubble.

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