it's been a topic mentioned here a number of times, but today i witnessed a very real and unintended consequence of the current trend for high window lines on cars.
a wheelchair was at an intersection crosswalk waiting for the signal to go, and a car pulled up on his left waiting to turn right over that crosswalk. so, when the lights changed, the driver proceeded to turn right nearly running over the guy they couldn't see sitting down.
so the question is, if the intention of high windowlines really is to protect unbelted car occupants from ejection in the event of a crash, is it really something so important that the slaughter of wheelchairs users is considered acceptable? given that anyone who doesn't wear a belt in their car is a well qualified darwin award candidate and deserves to be taken out of the gene pool anyway, i think not.