Big boys small toys

[hadesducati848]

my GF just got this about 2 months ago



and i was really surprised about the safety ratings. i figure its got to be safer then her riding her monster to and from work every in the rain
and with really bad traffic.



smart Car Roof Strength Test - Tridon safety cell proves itself again


Hummer versus Smart

[hadesducati848]

smart car crash

[hadesducati848]

Crash Test: 2008 Smart Car ForTwo

thats the last of the smart car crash test vids that i had
not sure how much better the abarth would do, but small is cool

[badgalbetty]

ooooh frightening. The smart car does well but as the one man said the car seems to do better than the occupants. I cannot imagine the massive internal injuries one would suffer.
Mother had the best advice , just slow down. Please.
I have 20 years of driving a semi no tickets no accidents. My rig with triple trailers would be 105,000 lbs and 106 feet long. Whatever I hit at 55mph would be done.I drive like an old lady slow , carefully and ...........oh wait! I am an old lady........
Just take it easy now the wet season is upon us please boys and girls.........

[Speedbag]

I wanna see crash injury results from those idiots that put their feet on the dash or out the window.

Feet on the dash? Don't do it - heard a story from a highway trooper that had come upon what appeared to be a very minor collision. A girl in the passenger seat was sitting with her feet on the dash. When the bags went off, so did one of her feet....

[abby normal]

ooooh frightening. The smart car does well but as the one man said the car seems to do better than the occupants. I cannot imagine the massive internal injuries one would suffer.
Mother had the best advice , just slow down. Please.
I have 20 years of driving a semi no tickets no accidents. My rig with triple trailers would be 105,000 lbs and 106 feet long. Whatever I hit at 55mph would be done.I drive like an old lady slow , carefully and ...........oh wait! I am an old lady........
Just take it easy now the wet season is upon us please boys and girls.........

Triple trailers?  Holy crap, where was that?  The outback?  I've seen those things rolling ...
Looks like they kinda wiggle constantly.  Re: small cars.  If everyone made the decision go small and efficient, there wouldn't be a problem.  I've heard numerous people say,
"if I'm in an accident, I want the bigger car so I'll be ok".  As long as that kind of self centered attitude exists, voluntary reductions in fossil fuel usage in the US will not occur.
We need to collectively recognize that the other half of "united we stand" is "divided we
Fall"

[GAAN]

they run triples in the U.S.

[supertjeduc]

I got it

[stopintime]

Cool 

Is the front bumper piece larger than on the normal version? Larger radiator?
How do you compare the suspension with the normal version?
(it has some medium reviews and I wonder if the Abarth is better)

[supertjeduc]

Cool 

Is the front bumper piece larger than on the normal version? Larger radiator?
How do you compare the suspension with the normal version?
(it has some medium reviews and I wonder if the Abarth is better)

Yes the bumper piece is bigger (turbo and intercooler)
Suspension is good

If those guys like it it's good enough for me 
Top Gear Fiat 500 Abarth SS

[erkishhorde]

smart car crash

This vid and the one you posted after it are the ones I was thinking of. Even though the small cars can get "good" ratings, it doesn't mean it's as safe as something larger since the ratings are scaled by car size.



Slick looking car supertjeduc!

[Howie]

Well, let's see.  They crashed two small cars at almost double the speed NCAP tests them at with no crash of larger cars to compare.  They also crashed them  without crash test dummies with impact sensors.  Not much of a test.  If you look at some of the tests on older large cars on NCAP's sight you will see some of them did not fare so well.  http://www.euroncap.com/results.aspx

[GAAN]

When the prius and the insight came out

I took several extrication courses specific to new vehicles

The "safest" vehicle was the new VW Beetle

as far as cab intrusion from impact and rollover

the issue with the ability of the vehicle to resist intrusion was energy transfer

the occupants suffered far less injury from initial impact

but

the injuries sustained from secondary impact (organs vs. body) were significantly higher

[Turf]

When the prius and the insight came out

I took several extrication courses specific to new vehicles

The "safest" vehicle was the new VW Beetle

because no one would be caught dead in one

[supertjeduc]

I just read that the people killed in traffic accidents in the US is four times higher then overhere in the Netherland
There are a lot of small cars overhere so they must be safe enough
So maybe those big cars ain't as safe as you all think