So you Want a smart Car
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Below is a photo of a wreck in Jefferson Parish, LA (near New Orleans ) between two trucks and a Smart Car. Think I'll pass on the Smart Car.
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This was on Snopes this week. Not a smart car at all, but I don't recall what it was.
It looks worse from that side, and would have been worse if there had been someone in the right-hand seat. The driver of the car survived the wreck. Smarts are actually much safer than many econo-boxes. More expensive, though. |
Those look a bit more like the standard wheels on a chevy aveo than the wheels on a smart car.
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A Smart car would probably not have done any better in that same situation.
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The Snopes article claims it was a Ford Escape. |
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Umm.. pretty much any car would be screwed in that situation. Crumple zones only go so far, and no car is really designed to be in that sort of collision. I think the smart car is useless though, unless you perhaps live in san francisco or a hellish city like that. In which case I probably wouldn't even bother with a car. They really should have brought the diesels over instead of the crappy Mitsubishi gassers, and should also have either made it a CVT or a a regular stick shift.
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Trucks always win no matter what car your in. Avoid being close to them at all time.
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Yeah, if you're looking for a car that won't get crushed between two trucks, get a truck.
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Smart cars have a very rigid safety cell, it does not even collapse hitting a wall at 70mph. The violent impact on a person's internal organs causes death in that instance, not being crushed. The engine in a smart is so small you could probably just lift it out (by hand :D) and lower in a new one if it dies. :D ;) |
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According to the article . . . nevermind, read it yourself. ;) |
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500cc or larger sportbike will beat the smart in nearly every category except rain tolerance & cargo capacity)
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