Crash Test Movie

[amokachi31]

0:58 say hello to the camera betty.

betty: hello

[ivanarrie]

no seatbelts

[bestamerica]

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in 1970 old vehicles were so strong metals on frames, bodys,,,

1990 to 2010 now all new vehicles are plastics, weak bodys, weak metals, weak frames

[Jsd8675]

@bestamerica Well, rocket scientist, strong metals aren't good when they're tearing through your soft flesh. Plastics absorb more impact. Your thinking is archaic and irrelevant to safety.

[bestamerica]

Jsd8675, ' okay thank explain,,, but dont use a word - YOUR - on me,,, let explain about this vehicle crash test,,, rocket scientist is a not smart, seeking smell greedy, keep business,,, a vehicle must have strong metal, add 6 airbags, few add seatbelts,,, that is a good point than rocket scientist,,, a rocket have strong BOMB, harden steel, aluminum, some harden plastics,,, remember rocket fly on the air,,, vehicle run on the ground,,, rocket and vehicle are 2 big different ways

[JamesPriceJohnson]

thats strange, 70s cars had seatbelts. and about 20 percent of them had airbags i would say.

[DamnStraightM35A2]

@JamesPriceJohnson What 70's american cars had airbags? GM made a few thousand Oldsmobiles with airbags in '74 and Mercedes pioneered the modern day SRS in 1979? so how did 20% of cars in the 70's have airbags?

[JamesPriceJohnson]

@DamnStraightM35A2 cadillac, Oldsmobilles, and Buicks, had the option of airbags. I wouldn't say 20 percrent. Also, i think i heard somewhere Chevrolet tried them out also.

[KW1689]

The older cars from the 1960s & 1970s would have been much better if they had seat & shoulder belts for all seating positions in the front & rear. Plus, steel beams in the doors for more protections against T-Bone Collisions. The seats should have had thicker bolts to secure them to the floor of the car so that they would not come loose in a collision. It is a shame that the older cars were not safer, for many of them were very good looking cars for their time. Take Care.

[Scmshacks]

did anyone notice that the car was still solid? and if proper seats and seatbelts were put in, steel cars would be unstoppable.

[lizzyluv96]

1:39 way, we're alive!

[fjp912]

The with and without shoulder belt comparison is pretty compelling. Those were the old kind of shoulder belts with a separate buckel and no retractor. Almost looks like they work better than the new ones. They were a hassle to use, though.

[soldierofdestitution]

FACE HURRRT!!!

[ChrisBennett18]

those waist eat belts dont help at all

[jaffacake1578]

@ChrisBennett18 yeah, the only thing waistbelts help is in rollovers

[Pookatube]

What? No WARM LEATHERETTE PLAYING?

Besides, the shoulder belts in the White Chevy were poorly mounted!

[7990424]

Yes crumple zones are on purpose. Look under your late model car near the bumpers, the bumps and or dimples in the frame are the crumple zones. The passenger compartment is built to transfer the energy around it "energy management' the more the car crumples without hurting the passenger compartment the less you will crumple...right?

[BrEnNo1023]

jeez, cudak888, i can't believe you're still arguing even though it's clear you're only making more and more an idiot of yourself! just face it, crumple zones are the way of the fuuture, man - get with the times

[jamescase13]

every car has to have a crumple zone, its the way it is. Like, duh, force crumples things.

[Cybo1470]

Yeah but the crumple zones aren't on purpose!

[eldiablo1987]

Dead for all people in the car!

[cudak888]

Sure - because there isn't a single dummy wearing a seatbelt.

[offfiman]

No, the car is too strong. If car doesnt flex at all, then human/people must flex, and that looks ... bad result ...

[cudak888]

Tell me that when your front end and dashboard "crumple" by design onto your legs and knees in a front-ender. I rest my case.

[lowcostvideos]

Even an idiot knows crumple zones are a good thing.

However this test was so bad because of the lack of seatbelts, airbags, etc.

[cudak888]

B.S., but you are entitled to your opinion. Maybe you'll change your mind someday when you find yourself pinned down in your compact little car.

[lowcostvideos]

Luckily for me, car designers aren't idiots like you and the crumpling stops before the passengers...

[RayB937]

crumpling doesnt always stop before the passengers. Roofs and b pillars cave in and crush around drivers. My 84 Buick LeSabre totaled a 94 Ford Tempo and put the driver in the hospital. It broke the rear axle on the car. I drove home, uninjured. Put on a new fender, front bumper, and some plastic trim and i was like new again.

[trucksoner]

it all depends on the car. usually cars from the late 90s and newer have WAY better occupant compartments than the early 90s and older

[kingeddy137]

@RayB937 94 ford tempo is a pretty bad unsafe car, if you were hit by a new Ford you'd be dead

[kingeddy137]

@cudak888 watch volvo 940 vs renault modus, write "volvo renault crash test" land rover discovery vs renault espace, write "4x4 crash test" visit euroncapdotcom or iihsdotorg take care

[soldierofdestitution]

I didnt realize the nose was considered a crumple zone

[rugbytlse]

@lowcostvideos And don't forget another important thing, the seats. The seat backs were much too low --> whiplash.

[KillanatorVids]

@cudak888 AHHH MORON! If the car doesen't crumple, YOU will! All of your internal organs will splash and crush into your body and become sauce

[volsk19]

without crumple zones

[KlantErik]

Cool. Too bad theres no sound.

[KW1689]

I hope more folks watch this video to see how important it is to always use a Seat Belt while riding in a car. Take Care...KW.

[offfiman]

its not only seat belt, the vehicle is TOO STRONG from the body . . . The front must be soft enough.

[the3jake2]

Will somebody please comment on this video?

[the3jake2]

very painful