The cars are getting bigger. That means that the impact is more deadly, and the line of sight is higher - making it easy to overlook a child. The sensors often won't react at low speeds which are common for residential neighborhoods, and at high speeds they are late anyway.

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coldtea 4 hours ago | parent [-]

>The cars are getting bigger

Wasn't there a trend in the US away from pompous SUVs and towards smaller cars, people even starting to re-evaluate some European-favored "city" cars more?

Also aren't cars also getting ligther, with less heavy / metallic exterior over time?

	▲	3eb7988a1663 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There is some bimodal distribution. I routinely encounter trucks where I cannot see over the hood. I suspect most of these vehicles have never carried so much as a 2x4 in the bed.
	▲	QuarterReptile 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		We have a regulatory regime that requires that SUVs be bigger each year. It saves the environment that way.