Comments on: Video Of a Smart Car Hitting a Wall At 70 MPH http://www.culturegeeks.com/2007/12/03/video-of-a-smart-car-head-on-impact/ Putting the Dis back in Discourse Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:32:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Diane http://www.culturegeeks.com/2007/12/03/video-of-a-smart-car-head-on-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Diane Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:56:09 +0000 http://www.culturegeeks.com/2007/12/03/video-of-a-smart-car-head-on-impact/#comment-236 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." 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.”

]]> By: Kate http://www.culturegeeks.com/2007/12/03/video-of-a-smart-car-head-on-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Kate Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:53:22 +0000 http://www.culturegeeks.com/2007/12/03/video-of-a-smart-car-head-on-impact/#comment-190 That Smart Car video is very impressive. That Smart Car video is very impressive.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.culturegeeks.com/2007/12/03/video-of-a-smart-car-head-on-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Jeremy Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:57:40 +0000 http://www.culturegeeks.com/2007/12/03/video-of-a-smart-car-head-on-impact/#comment-158 Related only in the sense of cool car crash videos: fully-autonomous Prius <a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34582/113/" rel="nofollow"> goes nuts </a> at the Urban Challenge qualifiers a few weeks back. Related only in the sense of cool car crash videos: fully-autonomous Prius goes nuts at the Urban Challenge qualifiers a few weeks back.

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