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Related only in the sense of cool car crash videos: fully-autonomous Prius goes nuts at the Urban Challenge qualifiers a few weeks back.

That Smart Car video is very impressive.

Wow, that was rather surprising. I’m astounded that a car with such a short front end could still contain the damage without compromising the passenger compartment. I’d still bet on leg injuries, but that’s leaps and bounds better than I expected even at much lower speeds.

Having driven a small car in FLL/Miami, I’d still hesitate to get such a small vehicle. I liked being able to slip in and out of smaller breaks in traffic, but I noticed that SUV/Truck drivers were far more aggressive around my little car. My friend James summed it up when he was cutting off a car in his red Dodge Ram, “I have a truck; they’ll get out of the way.”