CRASH: Ep 1: Carnage: Car Safety & Car Crashes: Pt 2: Alarming Fatalities in the 1950s

[snowrocket]

Safety, and the PERCEPTION of safety is an evolving thing. The safety features in a Mustang, Beetle, Mini, Corolla, and Impala are roughly concurrent with the public expectations and government regulations of the time. None of the 1972 models are nearly as safe as the 2012 models of the same name. Nor were they expected to be. These ever increasing standards are also why cars are really heavy again.

[myphonyaccount]

No old car protected in a 40 mph offset crash. Not American, European or Asian. There just weren't strong government laws like today.

[blackoil911]

@myphonyaccount

why are you compared american with asian and europeans thats not fair land was taken stolen so thus a comparison would never equally win your a moron and stfu and go study before judging asia or europe

[1993MercuryCougarXR7]

Jack Telnack Designer od the MN12 Chassis T-Bird & Cougar

[ThanatosSB]

Anyone else start quoting MST3K when Design for Dreaming played?

[myphonyaccount]

Old cars were crap. See IIHS 1959 chevy test.

[rock3tcat]

@myphonyaccount

No old American cars are crap, European and Japanese cars are fine. :D

[3shacks1house]

A great post. As cool as some of these cars looked, they were complete death traps.! No seat belts, metal dashboards......Ouch!!

[cw147]

@3shacks1house true, but i still wouldn't buy a modern car