MY Rant, GM Batteries

The side posts were meant to prevent use of jumper cables. Crossed connections or spikes could kill the onboard computers.
It really is a safer design on the asemebly line and in the service bay.
The top posts only need a link to cause an explosion.
Funny thing is if the side posts were born first and the next guy came along with top posts, most would say, "thats carzy"