Safety is of huge importance in automobiles, there is no arguing that. Over the past few decades, the work of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has held auto manufacturers to a higher standard for protecting occupants in a crash situation. The caveat to all this increased safety is additional weight and technology infiltrating cars. [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) More...
Soon we will al be driving tanks. What a wonderful world we live in. :frown2: Hey bureaucrat's let's teach people how to drive. Lets disable their damn phones & electronic distractions when the car starts.
Actually, most carmakers are currently making their new models lighter than previous ones - a trend that Mazda seems to have been at the front of. So this new test might just stop them getting lighter, rather than making them heavier. For this particular test, how about just changing the car's stock wheels to something infeasibly narrow, offering low grip? That way the car's front end might get deflected sideways, reducing the damage. Of course no-one would actually buy these narrow wheels since they wouldn't look cool (and guys would not want to be seen with a measurement of only that many inches...), but it might pass the test without adding structure/weight.
I wonder how often high-speed violent accidents occur where the impact does not penetrate to the engine or frame components?
:cornut: Well my tank will have the high velocity depleted uranium round 120mm gun with the alcohol/dope/cell phone auto lock on sight.:eek6: Jason
Jeez.....how far are they going to take this safety issue to? Don't folks realize that driving can be dangerous. Crashes are going to happen, no way are we ever going to be completely safe.
I miss the good ol' days of steel dashboards, that you could bash your brains out on! :devil::lol: Dave
First we have to worry about Googles cars driving themselves. Now that's a great idea. Autonomous cars. :crazy: