RE: Must See! Beautiful Pre-Production Tango!

["Arnaud Hubert" <arnaud@siliconvalleyfrogs.com>]

Here is an interesting link that should be forwarded to anyone still
thinking that smaller cars are not safe: the Euro NCAP website:
http://www.euroncap.com/
Euro NCAP stands for European New Car Assessment Programme, and is an
independent organization financed by European ministries for transportation
and consumer organizations.

Check out the "Results" section, particularly for the "Superminis" category,
which is the rough equivalent of subcompacts in the US - the Smart falls
into that category. Several models got a 4 star overall result, which is
more than decent.

Arnaud Hubert



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Objet : Re: Must See! Beautiful Pre-Production Tango!


If someone runs into me at high speed, I prefer to roll over being
inside rigid box (belts are on) than being smashed flat, when better
handling of a smaller car no longer matters.

Victor.


Glenn Wittrock wrote:
>
> > We're talking about particular driver, me. For average all things
> > are indeed not equal. I don't feel that, and the way I drive,
> > I feel like the chances to get in trouble *for me* are the same,
> > SUV or not - someone is running into my car.
> >
> > SUV *in this case* will protect me better.
>
> BUT when the psycho torpedoes you, your lack of handling is no longer
under
> your careful control.  Once again excessive forces may be brought to bear
and
> you and your protected family may be rolling down the road in a rollover
> prone machine .
>
> Comparable example : I have a modestly overzealous  nuclear reactor, if I
> maintain cooling its ok, its only the fools who run theirs fly wide open
that
> melt down, I don't so I'm ok.
> Ok, until my neighbor builds a damn and suddenly without warning I've got
no
> coolant, uh-oh, meltdown.  I hate it when that happens ;-)
>
> --
>
> Glenn Wittrock
>
> Linux: when you need to run like a greased weasel.