The increase in the height of car bonnets on SUVs and other luxury models means that this risk has returned. Research carried out for Clean Cities shows that a 10cm increase in bonnet height from 80cm to 90cm results in a 27% greater chance of death for pedestrians run over. For children, the risk of death is increased threefold if they are hit by an SUV rather than a conventional vehicle. They are also more likely to be hit since the driving position is often too high to observe what is in front of the vehicle.
Are you saying that the increase from 80cm to 90cm is definitely the result of EU safety regulations? If I google the date on which the regulation you mention came into force, are you certain that I’m gonna find that EU bonnet sizes before that date were typically 80cm, and bonnet sizes after that date were typically 90cm? Bonnet size has definitely only increased as a result of EU regulation, and not as a result of EU regulation and increasing engine size?
I only ask because you didn’t cite any sources so I don’t wanna go to the trouble of doing all this research only to be told that I misunderstood you and that you meant something else.