« Implausible | Main | Wonders »

Hitting the wall

And on the subject of SUVs sucking, check out this comparison between crashing a MINI Cooper and a Ford F-150 Pickup (the latter is the basis of the Expedition.) Pay special attention to the crash dummies’ legs.

These results are for hitting a wall at 40 MPH, and not representative of a head-on collision between the two.

But, of course, I consider the whole bigger is better in a collision argument to be anti-social: you only increase your protection in a larger vehicle to the same extent by which you increase your endangerment of everyone else. If everyone’s in an SUV, all advantage is lost.

(Via Six Different Ways)

Comments

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)