New Study Shows That Tall Hoods Cause Deaths per Year

tocs3

It is not in the article and I have no data to quote but I would think this would be a good "think of the children" moment.

westurner

Tall vehicle hoods also increase the drag coefficient. Every deviation from the teardrop shape increases the drag coefficient. An intake scoop in the hood would qualify as actual air cooling.

add-sub-mul-div

It's incredibly stupid to remove substrings from headlines and expect that what comes back will be an improvement or make sense.

SpyCoder77

I thought this was talking about hoodie hoods and got really confused for a second there about how some hoods could be taller than others

olyjohn

Yes crossover drivers, that means you too. Not just the big bro trucks.

cucumber3732842

This was previously discussed. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623347 Screeching both (both for and against) ebikes in the comments notwithstanding, the highlight is that the increase is largely independent of vehicle size. By the study's own admission they estimate that ~10% of the effect comes from vehicle size. Watching this ping pong around the various media outlets with titles seemingly inverse of the study's conclusions and watching people share it and comment based on assuming the title is the beginning and end of it really is eye opening.