Car Safety

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Which country do you think makes the safest cars?

  • America

    Votes: 2 3.2%
  • Europe

    Votes: 44 69.8%
  • China

    Votes: 4 6.3%
  • Japan

    Votes: 13 20.6%

  • Total voters
    63
  • Poll closed .
Not a lot of "give" in that McLaren accident... am I right in thinking the F1 uses race-style safety harnesses or is it just a normal seatbelt? I know it didn't have an airbag... I've got this feeling that the car would come out of an accident in much better shape than the battered and bruised driver!

I expect many supercars have similar crash characteristics to the F1, but then many modern supercars also have as many airbags as saloon cars so they're probably a little more forgiving to the human body in a crash.

And this is a car similar to mine in a crash (the synthesized voice is a bit weird...):



Yeah, ouch... Anyone else want to post their cars getting destroyed?

Still, it's a hell of a lot better than those Chinese deathtraps!
 
Yeah, ouch... Anyone else want to post their cars getting destroyed?

Still, it's a hell of a lot better than those Chinese deathtraps!

:odd: WTF? Why is Steven Hawking narrating that one...?

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💡 I guess Volvos ARE safer.



 
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Anyone else want to post their cars getting destroyed?



Put it this way - I've never owned a French car. Even the trim level is the same, although mine's the 2 litre turbo rather than the 2.3 NA.

Not sure if there are videos out there for the old Mini, but I'm not entirely sure I'd want to see them anyway - old Minis are rubbish in accidents; your legs are the crumple zone.
 
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