Crash-predicting car braces itself for impact

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Uploaded by on May 27, 2008

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13973

Watch how a new system can anticipate a car crash and reinforce the side of a car.

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  • I must be missing something important... why not just have the bar in place all the time...?

  • so why dont they just leave the bar there .... infact... add 10 more bars...?

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  • cool

  • @Techymancer my gues is that it would disturb door function

  • put dampening systems in the doors and seats duh.

  • I'm pretty sure the bar keeps the door in place better, for those of you wondering why it can't always be there.

  • even better, DONT make cars that do more than the permitted speed limits. why do you need a car that can do 215 mph !??!??!?! you cant do it unless you go to germany on the autobahns which are the only roads that permit this kind of speed. be real guys...

  • @Techymancer I was thinking the same thing

  • Exterior air bags that inflate to slow impact. Instead of more weight to the car. Better yet, all plastic cars with rollcages. The heavier you get the more inertia you have to overcome. This researching is getting ridiculous. Next up a completely wrapped in iron car weighing in at over 17,000 lbs. That will stop all but the other cars wrapped in iron. So then all cars wrapped in etc.etc. And a new steel bar here and putone that a computer activates over there. Oh and how about.

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