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But having a numeric score of 59 versus 9 is relevant, despite them both being F. Likewise, 89 versus 90. NHTSA can do whatever they want; I can say it is just
by thezilch 13y ago
But having a numeric score of 59 versus 9 is relevant, despite them both being F. Likewise, 89 versus 90. NHTSA can do whatever they want; I can say it is just a silly metric that is about as good as gaming reviews, as another comment points out. A 5.4 score is still relevant; why would they throw away precision?
- nonchalance 13y agoThe NHTSA probably doesn't think that a safety score of 5.3 versus 5.4 has any sort of meaning. If the set of accidents under which you would survive unscathed in a car with score 5.4 but would be injured in a car with score 5.3 has measure 0 (or negligible), then there is no real difference in terms of safety (even if the scores are different)
- smackfu 13y agoOTOH, the whole rating system is about taking real tests and progressively throwing away levels of precision. Like combining front and rear and side impact into a single score.