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MINICARS MICROCARS CRASH TEST FAIL CAR CARS AUTOS New Crash Tests Demonstrate the Influence of Vehicle Size and Weight on Safety in Crashes Results Are Relevant To Fuel Economy Policies Three front-to-front crash tests, each involving a microcar or minicar into a midsize model from the same manufacturer, show how extra vehicle size and weight enhance occupant protection in collisions. These Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests are about the physics of car crashes, which dictate that very small cars generally can't protect people in crashes as well as bigger, heavier models.

"There are good reasons people buy minicars," says Institute president Adrian Lund. "They're more affordable, and they use less gas. But the safety trade-offs are clear from our new tests. Equally clear are the implications when it comes to fuel economy. If automakers downsize cars so their fleets use less fuel, occupant safety will be compromised. However, there are ways to serve fuel economy and safety at the same time."

The Institute didn't choose SUVs or pickup trucks, or even large cars, to pair with the micro and minis in the new crash tests. The choice of midsize cars reveals how much influence some extra size and weight can have on crash outcomes. The Institute chose pairs of 2009 models from Daimler, Honda, and Toyota because these automakers have micro and mini models that earn good frontal crashworthiness ratings, based on the Institute's offset test into a deformable barrier. Researchers rated performance in the 40 mph car-to-car tests, like the front-into-barrier tests, based on measured intrusion into the occupant compartment, forces recorded on the driver dummy, and movement of the dummy during the impact.

Laws of physics prevail: The Honda Fit, Smart Fortwo, and Toyota Yaris are good performers in the Institute's frontal offset barrier test, but all three are poor performers in the frontal collisions with midsize cars. These results reflect the laws of the physical universe, specifically principles related to force and distance.

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[trueleech]

Bigger cars aren't safer per-sé. They're only safer in the US because everyone drives huge fuel guzzlers. Go to Europe. See the difference.

[corvetteboy10]

@vinvtec i clearly see at 0:02 "Honda Fit Poor". okay in the car to barrier crash test, it got a good. Do you know why? NO? well here, that simulates a crash at 40% of center in to a car the EXACT size and weight of the Honda fit. The accord is much much larger and weighs a lot more than the fit.

[FURY1958]

@trueleech American drivers must not pay the robbery that we pay in Europe by a litre of fuel. For that reason they can afford bigger cars. If we could have the same prices, another rooster would sing to us.

[Ryance85]

@trueleech

Yeah 7 series BMW's are pretty small cars ...

[pivotboy63]

@trueleech big cars arent safer? go do a crash test between a 1975 pontiac grandville and a smart car and let me know which one is in worse shape

[trueleech]

@geterdonein01 *shrug* I don't remember saying Europeans didn't make big cars. I remember saying Europeans do not drive big cars unless they have a large family or often carry large items. That's why most families have a small van and a city car.

[geterdonein01]

@trueleech Implying that Europe doesn't make huge fuel guzzlers as well. Mercedes, BMW, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Bentley, Opel has some bigger cars, but honestly, American cars are bigger because gas is far cheaper here, our roads are large, and most American cars are meant for long road trips. Cruising in cars is part of our culture and we like the biggest and the most powerful car to do it in.

[showme2138]

@vinvtec But the occupants are totaled because the fits drivers leg will be crushed because the footwell is completely crumpled up

[weaponexpert1]

@gvi88 fuck you, you damn asshole......

[gvi88]

@weaponexpert1 you are a gay

[gvi88]

@JohnAntonyFortune fuck you