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When "cheating" is defined as preventing deaths in (i) the most common and (ii) the most deadly crash scenarios, I don't think it counts as cheating.

• craftyguy 8y ago
  In this case, "cheating" is defined as designing only to pass whatever the NHTSA happens to be testing now, and ignoring all other areas where things could go wrong. edit: I'm not saying I agree with GP, just explaining what I think they meant by stating that they were "cheating."
  • dpkonofa 8y ago
    That doesn't really seem to be the case, though. The NHTSA looks at highway and road data to determine what types of crashes result in the highest number of fatalities and then creates tests around those. If "cheating" implies that they're only designed to pass what the NHTSA happens to be testing then, by extension, the vehicle would protect the occupants against the types of crashes that are most likely to result in a fatality. That seems like huge win to me.
    • craftyguy 8y ago
      I'm not saying I agree with OP, just explaining what I think they meant by stating that they were "cheating."
  • oh_sigh 8y ago
    > ignoring all other areas where things could go wrong Doesn't this just say that NHSTA is ignoring other areas where things could go wrong?