Why are off-road vehicles with high bumpers allowed on the road?

I don’t think the number of injuries is greater from high bumpers. High bumpers don’t cause accidents. However the likelyhood of a fatality is much greater when a high-bumpered vehicle hits a low-bumpered vehicle. This is well-documented.

I am not arguing that cell phone use isn’t dangerous. It is. But mismatched bumper height is a real problem that results in many deaths when accidents happen.

Russ