Smart Car Crash Test

smart car crash test

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• smart
• car
• crash
• test
• funny
• wreck
• fail
• bad
• injury
• death
• hilarious

[Neonspinnazz30]

Really what this test proves is that, YES the smart is safe, BUT, it also has its limits, and those limits appear to be something that weighs as much as a SUV.

And on the IIHS site, in that 3 car comparison, the smart was the best of the three and not only was it the smallest but it was put against the heaviest of all three sedans.

[Neonspinnazz30]

... So the misconception is really what was pushed into the smart. You see a sedan...but that sedan is VERY HEAVY...

What the IIHS comments should really say is:

The smart against a car weighing "xxxx" would do poorly as demonstrated in our test with the C300 which weighs "xxxx".

Instead, the writers were lazy and made a simple conclusion:

The smart did poorly against a vehicle that has equal safety ratings.

[rmgrowe1617]

@dHmongDudecAncOOk it gets no better mpg than a 4cylinder malibu, civic, corolla or fusion. get the body room and save your legs i'd say. those are great for tsa and grounds maintenece at airports but the street forget it.

[DragRacingFriends]

We drive a hummer h1 and it would have drove over it

[dHmongDudecAncOOk]

I'd rather be in my gas guzzler and still have my legs

[Bryanpike72]

Dexter,

The Reality is in the United States the Smart car is one of the smallest cars on the road. If you get T Boned or T Bone someone with a speed of 35 miles an hour the chances of you dying are definately going to be way higher then in a lager car. This is not Italy where the cars are small. I recently got into a car accident where the idiot decided to make an illegal left hand turn and wound up being T Boned. If that had been a smart car he would not have lived. I drive a Toyata Tundra.

[Neonspinnazz30]

@Dexter011S Your opinion is based on observation of size and not real data. This test shows a Mercedes that weighs as much as a small to midsize SUV crashing into a smart.

Most sedans aren't nearly as heavy as a Mercedes C300.

I'd personally ban SUVs. Their idiot drivers think they have God Mode in the snow, they'll roll if you even think about going around a corner, and while they have the weight advantage, they aren't as safe as soccer moms and Ralph Nader say they are.

[Dexter011S]

@Neonspinnazz30 dude, most cars on the street are sedans. And when Smart goes on a street, it's always the lightest car on it, except for bikes. What would be fair, two Smarts crashing - two idiots hit each other? I'm a traffic cop and there are entire weeks that pass by without me seeing a Smart. Also, I've seen a number of crashes, never with Smart, but I tell you, car bouncing around like that is not good at all, I don't care about it's safety ratings! I'd ban them all.

[Cdinwiddie04]

Now the smart car will half to watch out for bikes

[PacificEdibleSeaweed]

I drive an '08 Mercury Grand Marquis. 4,300 pounds of automobile, won't flip over, and has 6 airbags. Hands down safest sedan. Plus I get 28 on the highway if I take my time.

[hamburgler210]

Nit safe at all

[Dragonite31533]

Lol This is under the comedy category