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Sorry. That's a way harder question :-) I guess it's all a trade off of material/weight vs performance. If you make a more rigid passenger compartment then i
by adaml_623 11y ago
Sorry. That's a way harder question :-)
I guess it's all a trade off of material/weight vs performance. If you make a more rigid passenger compartment then it might weigh more and your car might be slower. Or maybe you have to spend more on a stronger type of steel that is more expensive. Or you have to make something more complicated to be safer.
So on average maybe the US cars come down on the lighter/cheaper/faster side of the curve. Obviously the trade offs are incredibly complicated.
- pjc50 11y agoThe US fleet tends to be heavier on average, surely? More SUVs/light trucks, larger vehicles in general.
- sokoloff 11y agoWhich means that your opposing/counterpart vehicle in the accident is also heavier.
- jessaustin 11y agoCrash survival depends on the dissipation of kinetic energy into the structures of the vehicle rather than the structures of the human body. Even in well-designed vehicles, more kinetic energy means more danger.