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In a modern car, the chassis and body are one and the same (unibody construction). Some cars do use plastic panels for non-structural parts. I would think anot
by ams6110 8y ago
In a modern car, the chassis and body are one and the same (unibody construction). Some cars do use plastic panels for non-structural parts.
I would think another big reason though is that the handling and response of such a car would be very different from a real car. Stopping distances, acceleration, cornering, wind behavior, would all be different.
- jerf 8y agoI can easily believe in code that adjusts to the underlying vehicle's differences. It seems to me the real problem would be that A: You need the car to be on the real streets, so at a minimum, it must be street legal. B: You need it to be on all the streets, including highways and such, so we're at least up to a Smart car level of body. From there it really isn't that great a leap to a full sedan chassis. Would one of those little cars even have room for all the requisite sensors? Even if they did, sedans are just so much more useful. So it seems like the minimum practical car to test with is a sedan, and that's enough to kill people. Even the little Smart cars are plenty enough to kill people.
- cimmanom 8y agoAt least a smart car would be less likely to kill than an SUV.