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Old 10-15-2003, 09:07 AM   #13 (permalink)
onetime2
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Location: NJ
Quote:
Originally posted by irseg

Most modern small cars do quite well in crash tests where they run into a fixed wall (indicating they are well designed and have good safety equipment), but get into a head-on with an SUV that weighs 2000 pounds more and it's an entirely different story. Pretty basic physics.
Also an entirely different story from fixed object crash tests to two vehicles (large or small) traveling in opposite directions. A t-boning by a small car can make you just as dead as a t-bone from an SUV. Of course you may look better in the casket if you get hit with a small car but at that point does it really matter?
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