Too big to see? Help stop SUV, pickup tragedies

[Consumer Reports]   Dear Friend, Pickup trucks and SUVs dominate our roadways. And as these vehicles grow in popularity and size, so does the risk to those around them – when drivers unknowingly hit people directly in front of them because of blind zones just past the hood. In 2020 alone, 526 people were killed from these types of incidents – many of them children – doubling the number of these deaths in just over a decade as pickups and SUVs swell in popularity and size. In fact, front-end blind zones in these vehicles are so large that in a recent demonstration at the Consumer Reports’ Auto Test Center, a driver couldn’t see 10 kids lined up in front of the pickup! The auto industry has the ability to tackle this glaring problem with lower hood heights and technology like pedestrian detection or cameras. But in the majority of pickups and SUVs, they haven’t! [Join with us in calling on automakers to make safety their top priority and fix front-end blindzones now.]( [Sign the Petition](  This isn’t the first time Consumer Reports has sounded the alarm about deadly vehicle blindspots. We spent over a decade pushing both Congress and automakers for better rear visibility standards to reduce backover incidents. It took a huge amount of consumer pressure from people like you, but in 2018 rear backup cameras finally became standard on all new vehicles. Now, Friend, we need your help once again to pressure the auto industry to do the right thing. Automakers know pickups and SUVs are among their most popular models, so if we speak out together, we can pressure them to put the necessary safety technology in all new pickups and SUVs, not just luxury models. [Sign our petition to automakers to act now to fix front-end blind zones! Safety should be standard in vehicles, not a luxury.]( [Sign the Petition](  If you don’t own a pickup or SUV, you definitely share the road with many people who do! Please share this email with friends and family, and ask them to join you in calling for safer vehicles! Thank you, Meg Bohne Consumer Reports [Unsubscribe from Consumer Reports action alerts.]( © 2022 Consumer Reports, 101 Truman Avenue, Yonkers, NY, 10703 [Contact Consumer Reports](