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Airbags, crumple zones in frame. Here’s a whole list of US safety regulations and the weight they added through 2012, https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Publi
by prepend 5y ago
Airbags, crumple zones in frame. Here’s a whole list of US safety regulations and the weight they added through 2012, https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/Publication/812354 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/Publication/8123...
- bjourne 5y agoThanks. The report says that 5% of the weight of new cars can be linked to safety features. So safety features can't be the main reasons cars have gotten heavier.