Small Cars Get Poor Marks in Safety Tests

[beneehall]

For various reasons, small cars are less likely to be involved in serious accidents. Their drivers tend to be more careful and drive more slowly BECAUSE they're in a very small car.

[WildkatPublishing]

Talk about conflicting information! In the "More From: AssociatedPress" box there's a video called: "IIHS: Small Cars Making Strides in Safety"

[brightingsky2009]

Let everyone drive fuel iffcient small cars, that are not safe to drive. I whant a good car thats cheap and safe to drive.

[Beatemup1]

Of course a larger car will be "safer" than a smaller car. The laws of Physics say so. A good way of being safer is to drive in the speed limit and be respectful of the other cars around you.

Even if you're in a little Kia/Hyundai whatever, that seems to work. :)

[SuperBlueJeans]

the ad for this video was SOOOOO GROSS he is ugo

[wyunaboy]

ford truck are still the best..it give you tons of fuel economy while caring tons of load..it can even carried smart for two in the back...

[Joel4god]

lol! That car got owned.

[clearwater04]

yeah right most not all hybrids don't get more mpg than those small cars. the nano gets 55 mpg. highest i've seen in comercials is 45 for a hybrid and they are also small cars. big cars barely get 33 and the ones that do better we can't afford or aren't avilable for us regular people to purchase. and of course a larger car will always do huge damage to those small ones they said the small ones weigh about 300 to 1000 pounds. if your that worried about safety get a monster truck or a semi.

[kaynada]

Would you walk around in a rubber suit simply because there is a chance you will get hit by lightning? This video suggests we should be driving semi trucks in case we run into another monster truck. I don't think we need to be driving 4 ton SUVs for the remote chance we get into a crash with another one. In Europe where most cars on the raod are smaller, this video doesn't make sense.

[RCvolunteer1978]

insurance it is always Insurance talking us what to do

[arequipa1]

ummmm... F*** the federal 55 mph speed limit.

[whattheheck1000]

yeah nobody will obey

[Skurgefaust]

eek, not good im all for green cars but not at the expense of meh life

[digitalbots]

come on make take one for the team.... Team earth... LOL

[RandomGlass]

yeah, but what you have to realise is that the smart car is only disigned as a city car. it doesn't have the power of safety i personly would demand of a highway car. i don't think the test takes into account that small car have better brake range than larger cars, and that the driver would be going slower than other drivers.