Reply to post: Re: YAAC offered, "UK official stopping distance at 30mph is 23m"

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Re: YAAC offered, "UK official stopping distance at 30mph is 23m"

The biggest risk for a small child isn't impact but getting caught under and dragged, which can be fatal at any speed.

Hence the universal switch to massive SUVs and pickup trucks outside schools that a small child can walk under. They are just thinking of the children

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