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Re: 2008 Smart commuter car gets 40 mpg and will selling in USA for

Anthony Matonak

2007-06-29, 8:25 pm

EXT wrote:
> I have seen these things tooling along at 70 mph (100 kph) on Ontario
> highways. Each time I see one I think what would happen if it were involved
> in an accident, particularly with an 18 wheeler. I am afraid that such a car
> would flatten out faster than a Coke can on a sidewalk.
....
Other than its small size, what would lead you to believe that
it would flatten out faster than any other car on the road?
Is this simply a preconceived bias against small vehicles or
is there some experience behind it?

Anthony

Eeyore

2007-06-30, 5:25 pm

EXT wrote:

> I speak with some experience in the automotive body repair world along with
> many years of driving experience. A car that contains so little mass and
> physical room between ones body and the metalwork will offer very little
> resistance to an impact of a much more substantial construction. While
> trucks are getting bigger, faster and carry heavier loads, I cannot trust
> small vehicles to share the highways where there are serious accidents on a
> daily basis. These vehicles may be appropriate, and better than a bicycle,
> in a city setting and on local, low speed streets, but not to compete on the
> highway.
>
> I drive a minivan

Well they're not very safe !

Graham

Balanced View

2007-06-30, 9:25 pm

Eeyore wrote:
> EXT wrote:
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> Well they're not very safe !
>
> Graham
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The Smart car, and many other small cars have very good crash test
ratings, better the a great many large vehicles.
There is a video out of smart car hitting a concrete wall head on at 70
miles an hour and the doors still open.

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