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Is the idea that the Cybertruck is particularly dangerous for pedestrians more than idle speculation? I mean you're assuming there are no deformation or crumpl
by wilg 6y ago
Is the idea that the Cybertruck is particularly dangerous for pedestrians more than idle speculation?
I mean you're assuming there are no deformation or crumple zones for some reason, which seems ridiculous.
Is it enough to just look at the thing?
- sjwright 6y agoThe vehicle shell is sheets of structural steel. It’s not likely to deform usefully when it strikes a wayward meat sack. Combine that with the plethora of small-radius bends that can concentrate the damage quite effectively. I’ve no doubt that Tesla can make it score well on crash tests though. Crumple zones don’t have to involve literal crumpling of a metal body—it could be achieved with other forms of deformation.
- sudosysgen 6y agoIt's not enough to look at it, the issue is the shape + a unibody stainless steel outer shell. Frame + Pane construction allows for crumple zones, I don't see how a unibody stainless steel will allow it.
- judge2020 6y agoWhatever you hit becomes the crumple zone, aka the other car. (/s - it probably is going to be super unsafe and get bad safety scores).
- JosephRedfern 6y agoI don't know anything about car design, but always assaumed that crumple zones mostly protected passengers rather than pedestrians. Is that not the case?
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoThe front end of your average modern car has a ton of flimsy plastic in the top of the front bodywork that's for pedestrian protection. It's basically a crumple zone but they don't call it that.
- Gravityloss 6y agoAlso the hood / bonnet has softening. In a typical collision the pedestrian's head strikes it, so adding some padding under the surface makes it more survivable. I think you get more stars in crash tests.
- rentnorove 6y agoThis describes some of the efforts to make frontal impacts less dangerous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_safety_through_vehicle_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_safety_through_vehi...
- tpmx 6y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwp6HNa6PrI&t=73 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwp6HNa6PrI&t=73 shows this quite well visually. The bonnet is surprisingly flexible.
- geoelectric 6y agoThey bleed off energy, to the benefit of both.