Posted by Ken Macfarlane on June 03, 2011 at 19:02:23 from (184.151.127.139):
In Reply to: Re: OT-Smart Cars posted by mkirsch on June 03, 2011 at 12:05:11:
This man knows what he is talking about. Also to note, hitting immovable objects like concrete abutments etc, pickups and full frame suv's are notoriously bad at killing their occupants. Only in the last 10 years or so have they put a lot of work into the energy absorbing structures. Problem is you still can't fully do that on the HD pickups or you can't run snowplows etc. So for example my F350 might obliterate a smart car in a head on, but the smart driver may be better off hitting a concrete wall.
This poo-pooing small cars happened in the 60's when the first small cars sold in Canada and US, I didn't expect so many old farts to still be complaining!
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