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Drive the largest vehicle you can. When in a collision the momentum is converted to crushing force, you want to be in the less-crushable vehicle. Hey this may be an unpopular choice, but it is the one with the biggest safety impact! And that was the question.
I propose an alternative. Start including the effect on other cars in crash tests. In other words, yeah, if I drove a frickin' monster truck, yes, it's going to be extremely safe for me , but it's absolutely deadly to anybody in a sedan. So that monster truck should get low crash test scores. Your answer merely creates an arms race of larger and heavier cars.
Re: How well do cars do in crash tests they're not optimized for?
#351Only if everyone can afford them, which isn't true. Its more like, creates a class system where the rich are safer. Which is already the case to be honest.