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as was proved recently, it basically boils down to be hit in the right spot the cars are hardened to pass the safety ratings tests. Maybe not on malice but beca
by gcb0 13y ago
as was proved recently, it basically boils down to be hit in the right spot the cars are hardened to pass the safety ratings tests. Maybe not on malice but because the emphasis on those tests, the car engineers focus a lot on those, while ignoring (or saving costs/weight) others.
There's a new batch of safety rating tests that i can't find the link to, that changed the frontal non-centered crash from the original position to some degrees off, and most cars jumped from 5 to 3 stars.
- mzs 13y agoIt's called the IIHS small overlap front crash test. Many cars do poorly not for nefarious reasons (and I know you weren't claiming so) simply because it was not really considered before. What happens in many cases is the front wheel detaches and travels up into the passenger compartment, bringing the engine and transmission along as well. Also the A pillar takes a large force, which unlike the intrusion was expected. In many cars that fared well enough even when the front crush box was avoided. What happened is that statisticians at insurance companies noticed an anomaly of accidents causing high medical claims which stood out from other similar speed frontal impacts. To some extent Honda and Volvo in particular already anticipated this more than other manufacturers though.