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I wonder how much improvement there has been between more recent models of cars. I doubt that there are many people driving the 1959 Chevy Bel Air on today's hi
by jrussino 17y ago
I wonder how much improvement there has been between more recent models of cars. I doubt that there are many people driving the 1959 Chevy Bel Air on today's highways, but there are probably plenty of people driving cars that were built in 1999. I'd be interested to see how much of a difference in safety there is between similar car models from '99 and '09.
- papersmith 17y agoI think the major passive safety features of this decade are better crumple zones and side-impact airbags. IIRC Euro NCAP made their crash tests much tougher recently to adapt to the improved safety across the board.
- InclinedPlane 17y agoActually, I suspect the bigger effect is driver and passenger airbags becoming standard.
- papersmith 17y agoI think that happened in the 90s. :)