On 16/10/2011 23:05, hugh wrote:
SNIP
Yes, I believe there is a standard international bumper height set by
those well known experts in design safety- the Americans - in the late
50s. It is just below knee height thus ensuring that when a pedestrian
is hit they are flung up in the air to ensure maximum damage on the way
down.

I thought that below knee height was supposed to be good - throwing you
onto the bonnet/windscreen rather than dragging you under the car.

SteveW