> A Smart Car I would use for local driving but not for highway, but as > that above video shows it is a fairly safe car.
Keep in mind that when cars are rated for crashworthiness, it's only for cars in the same weight class. The rating for the Honda Fit and the Audi Q7, both IIHS top picks, are not comparable. Eventually though, physics will win out; mass=safer. This is a general rule. You can have a massive car that's prone to rollovers or is poorly designed, leading to greater injuries, but all things being equal, the car with less mass will lose. > We have the technology to make very safe cars. Anyone who has > watched car racing has seen horrific accidents where the drivers come > out with little to no injuries. But as with all technology it costs > money. And they cost about 5 times what a normal car costs. 5-point harnesses, stripped out interiors, driver cages, neck restraints, etc. Yes, they're safe, but only for one person and can take several minutes to get into. > Another thing to make driving safer is to better equip drivers, and > that involves way more training than what they normally get. Yep. There's the weak link. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
