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How much safer are they? I can totally believe that the crash safety of cars improved hugely in the 90s - that's basically when large crumple zones, computer mo
by leoedin 2y ago
How much safer are they? I can totally believe that the crash safety of cars improved hugely in the 90s - that's basically when large crumple zones, computer modelling of crash performance, airbags, seatbelt pretensioners etc were all developed.
But 20 years ago was 2005. What's changed on a modern car since 2005? There's obviously a lot more safety features (and these have increasingly been part of the crashworthiness rating cars are given). But if you crash into a wall at 40mph, how much stronger are they?
- bufferoverflow 2y agoThe safest cars basically saturated the safety tests. To the point where car companies are making up their own tests, simulating much more dangerous collisions.
- jdietrich 2y ago>How much safer are they? A lot. Probably the biggest single change was the introduction of the small overlap crash test by the IIHS. It turns out that the standard frontal crash tests are quite unrealistic; in most frontal accidents, the driver swerves to avoid something but clips the corner, rather than just slamming into something head-on. Cars designed to perform well in the standard frontal crash test often performed miserably in the small overlap test. Compare the same model before and after the small overlap test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s0Oq2SPu48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s0Oq2SPu48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE_EUa3VC48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE_EUa3VC48
- ornornor 2y agoSurprised at how much the dummy’s head misses the airbag in the 2013 model but hits it almost in the center in the 2016.
- tobyhinloopen 2y agoThe best crash is the one being avoided - I had my modern car save me from slipping 2 times with the ESC. (stability control)