Having a crumple zone turn to mush in a 10mph parking lot mishap does pretty much nothing to make your car more survivable in a crash that might hurt you. Ther

Having a crumple zone turn to mush in a 10mph parking lot mishap does pretty much nothing to make your car more survivable in a crash that might hurt you. There's no real reason slow speed crashes have to be as damaging as they are. It's just a result of what our tests our and natural optimization toward them. If the NHTSA reintroduced a "is the vehicle drive-able after a minor hit" type crash things would get a lot better very quickly.