[shorod]

There's still a lot of engineering that goes into many of the designs that you consider as "aesthetics." Many of those design "choices" are driven by safety requirements, and a lot of engineering goes into implementing the safety standards. Large wheels are needed for large brake packages. Tall sides are to improve side crash survival rates and to help hide bracing and crumple zones. Low noses are to reduce the death rate when hitting pedestrians, motorcyclists, and bicyclists because the driver's are too busy looking at their phones and other distractions.

Yeah, there's possibly less engineering focus on the driver's visibility and more focus on the driver's comfort, features, and safety of the driver and the public. That's part of why I get so frustrated with the media trying so hard to condemn Tesla's driver-assistance systems. How are engineers supposed to improve on these systems if companies are continually encouraged to not implement or further develop the systems because the media wants to hold Tesla (or any other manufacturer) responsible for injuries due to the driver's abuse of the features, which gets expensive and could easily discourage a company from attempting to further develop these systems? If used properly these systems have potential to save hundreds or thousands of lives. What's next, gun manufacturers will be help responsible for shootings when someone abuses their product? Oh, wait....

-Rod