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The New Crash Test That Will Change Your Next Car

popular mechanics -- -- News cars already get smashed in the front and the back, sideways and from above, in a battery of tests that has made vehicles safer than ever. But people still die in crashes even in these very safe new cars, so the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has cooked up another way to demolish cars to test an overlooked type of crash that catches just the front edge of a car.

The IIHS already employs an offset frontal crash test, a side-impact test, a rear-impact test, and a roof-crush test to determine its Top Safety Pick award. These are not the U.S. government’s official tests; the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does those. But scoring an "acceptable" or a "good" on the IIHS tests is necessary to earn a recommendation from the influential Consumer Reports (and to

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Submitted Aug 25, 2012 By: fracknsave

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,632 Points:1,610,495 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2012 5:04:36 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse more money to be paid by the consumer, but it won't change driving behavior which is at the root of the problem.
blupupher Champion Author Houston Posts:3,555 Points:749,020 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Aug 26, 2012 12:53:34 PM Ignore blupupher Report Abuse Yes it will change it, by making it cost more. Yes you can drive a tank and be safe, but it is not cost effective
remay Champion Author Houston Posts:6,968 Points:2,118,365 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Aug 26, 2012 8:54:01 AM Ignore remay Report Abuse Another reason to charge more for vehicles (but I guess for a GOOD reason).
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Martinman Champion Author Mississippi Posts:14,739 Points:2,093,830 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 9:03:38 AM Ignore Martinman Report Abuse carloco75 from posted... "Wow...That Lexus flunked...that's sad..." ----- Oh Toyota...! Realize that the U.S., German, and scandinavian auto manufacturers were actually the first to crash-test vehicles taken from their assembly lines. They originally did frontal/rear collision tests. IIHS then came along and first started the 5-mph bumper testing in the vane of reducing repair costs. Then it evolved into collisions that result in personal injury. They started with side impact. Then offset frontal collisions. Now its working on frontal collisions just outside the unibody equivalent of the frame, that tend to peel-back the fender, A-pillar, and drivers door. History of the Car Crash Dummy And let me emphasize that the IIHS is an Insurance Industry group of organizations funded by auto insurers, with no ties to the Federal government, that actively lobbies Congress on behalf of the auto insurance industry. Realize that much of the new types of collision testing, came about with the introduction of unibody vehicles. A vehicle with a full-body steel frame has more structurally stability against such impacts, but unibody vehicles are better at dissipating the impact energy of a crash. While the industry group efforts have resulted in 'safer' cars, how many of you have had your insurance reduced? . [Edited by: Martinman at 8/25/2012 10:11:13 AM EST]
SUNOIL Champion Author Toledo Posts:5,250 Points:1,926,980 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 5:58:12 AM Ignore SUNOIL Report Abuse Just go to a whole roll cage.
rbrk02 Champion Author Rhode Island Posts:5,748 Points:818,205 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 4:56:46 AM Ignore rbrk02 Report Abuse Offset frontal crash? Realistic tests. Good news.
335d1 Champion Author Virginia Posts:2,386 Points:760,020 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 4:44:41 AM Ignore 335d1 Report Abuse Too bad human judgement isn't a factor in testing.
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TIGERPAW46 Champion Author Florida Posts:7,131 Points:1,356,655 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 1:09:43 AM Ignore TIGERPAW46 Report Abuse This was the topic of a previous article posted but this article has a better coverage of the details of how the test is done. Now they need to report what happens when you hit a Tree. It's much worse than another vehicle, But similar to this test with the force frequently all on 25--50% of the Vehicle.
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ExplorerWA Champion Author Washington Posts:4,084 Points:798,145 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 12:49:08 AM Ignore ExplorerWA Report Abuse Cars are certainly safer now than they were 20 years ago.
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streetcars Champion Author Toledo Posts:12,269 Points:2,607,615 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 12:47:25 AM Ignore streetcars Report Abuse In 55 years I can only recall 2 crashes like this. 1 involved a mid 70's Ford mid sized car that hit a pole at over 100 MPH both driver and passenger survived the crash.
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jimpeel Veteran Author Colorado Posts:462 Points:107,540 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2012 12:30:48 AM Ignore jimpeel Report Abuse Crash deaths are an acceptable part of life. Otherwise, they would be trying to do to automobiles what they are trying to do to firearms.
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