<story><title>Bollards: Why and What</title><url>https://josh.works/bollards</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TylerE</author><text>It’s hardly &lt;i&gt;stupid&lt;/i&gt; and it’s not in the spirit of HN to go on such diatribes. Cars today are vastly, vastly safer than even 30 years ago, never mind 80, and crumple zones are a huge part of that.</text></item><item><author>brikym</author><text>This clip shows how ridiculously large vehicles have become. Not only is the mass higher than ever but the front ends have become stupidly large which results in pedestrians being mowed down rather than rolling over the top. It&amp;#x27;s a symptom of american culture being highly individualistic and selfish.
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=n6tMSEW_EBs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=n6tMSEW_EBs&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>ktosobcy</author><text>If only cars weren&amp;#x27;t gigantic, oversized killing buckets...&lt;p&gt;NotJustBikes just posted another video (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=JRbnBc-97Ps&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=JRbnBc-97Ps&lt;/a&gt;) about the speed limit but touching on the same issue - less speed x less mass = safer environment -&amp;gt; less need for physical barriers (they even removed some street lights). Honestly, there wouldn&amp;#x27;t be that much need for bollard is majority of cars would be city-car like the one in 4:39 min (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;JRbnBc-97Ps?t=279&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;JRbnBc-97Ps?t=279&lt;/a&gt;)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>p_l</author><text>Cars got safer thanks to design differences unrelated to size.&lt;p&gt;The Car Obesity Crisis in USA is related at least partially to tricking NHTSA regulations related to mileage (IIRC), which take into account platform size of the car, which in turn drives other design concerns.</text></comment>
<story><title>Bollards: Why and What</title><url>https://josh.works/bollards</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TylerE</author><text>It’s hardly &lt;i&gt;stupid&lt;/i&gt; and it’s not in the spirit of HN to go on such diatribes. Cars today are vastly, vastly safer than even 30 years ago, never mind 80, and crumple zones are a huge part of that.</text></item><item><author>brikym</author><text>This clip shows how ridiculously large vehicles have become. Not only is the mass higher than ever but the front ends have become stupidly large which results in pedestrians being mowed down rather than rolling over the top. It&amp;#x27;s a symptom of american culture being highly individualistic and selfish.
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=n6tMSEW_EBs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=n6tMSEW_EBs&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>ktosobcy</author><text>If only cars weren&amp;#x27;t gigantic, oversized killing buckets...&lt;p&gt;NotJustBikes just posted another video (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=JRbnBc-97Ps&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=JRbnBc-97Ps&lt;/a&gt;) about the speed limit but touching on the same issue - less speed x less mass = safer environment -&amp;gt; less need for physical barriers (they even removed some street lights). Honestly, there wouldn&amp;#x27;t be that much need for bollard is majority of cars would be city-car like the one in 4:39 min (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;JRbnBc-97Ps?t=279&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;JRbnBc-97Ps?t=279&lt;/a&gt;)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vhcr</author><text>Not that vast (in the US).&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;upload.wikimedia.org&amp;#x2F;wikipedia&amp;#x2F;commons&amp;#x2F;e&amp;#x2F;ef&amp;#x2F;1994-_Motor_vehicle_traffic_deaths_in_road_accidents%2C_by_country.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;upload.wikimedia.org&amp;#x2F;wikipedia&amp;#x2F;commons&amp;#x2F;e&amp;#x2F;ef&amp;#x2F;1994-_Mo...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>