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There's something like 170,000 car fires per year in the US. It's just one of those things that's bad and too common to really make the news except maybe locall
by thfuran 2y ago
There's something like 170,000 car fires per year in the US. It's just one of those things that's bad and too common to really make the news except maybe locally.
- cscurmudgeon 2y agoSafety is also an issue https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2024/10/30/byd-atto-3-receives-worst-euro-ncap-rating-mercedes-i5-best/ https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2024/10/30/byd-atto-3-rec... > Mercedes’ i5 received the best score from Euro NCAP for driver-assistance functions, and BYD’s ATTO 3 receiving the worst score
- Timshel 2y agoThat safety of the occupant. In the context of a city car I'm more interested in safety for passerby.
- Kirby64 2y agoWhy? You can do both, if you want to. If a car can’t have good occupant safety, I would find it very difficult to believe its pedestrian safety would be good instead.
- thfuran 2y agoOccupant safety in a car/pedestrian collision is basically a solved problem, especially at relatively low speed.
- Kirby64 2y agoThen why doesn’t every car score top ranking on the safety tests? It’s not a “solved problem” if you don’t spend the money/effort to solve it. And it absolutely costs money to solve the problem, which a cheaper car may not wish to spend.