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Originally Posted by 61BelAir
In my opinion this car is potentially very dangerous regardless of what the crash results say and the last few sentences of this article along with its not so good results in "whiplash" go along with what I have been saying all along.
When going head on into a larger car the forces will be greater and combine this with the stiff structure of the Smart you will have those forces transferred to the driver instead of the larger crumple zones we are use to seeing on most larger cars currently produced. These forces IMO will be similar to what Dale Earnhardt experienced when he died. When he hit the wall his head snapped forward so fiercely that it resulted in his death.
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A tablespoon of water is potentially very dangerous. A loaded handgun is potentially very dangerous. A menopausal woman is potentially dangerous.
People who buy this car know it isn't the safest thing on the planet, neither is a motorcycle, but like all of us, they take their chances every day they climb out of bed. Maybe if we didn't have a love affair with all things SUV/Full-size we wouldn't be wringing our hands about 24K smart fortwo's running rampant amongst the herd. Live a little, you can't go through life afraid of everything.