Sunday, April 6, 2008

Smart car doesn't ace crash tests


The tinny Smart car gets low marks in national Highway Safety. Smart recently got intrudes by in the US and gave a less-than-stellar performance in its first crash test by the federal government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Fort Tow gout four out of five possible stars for protecting the driver in a front crash and three in protecting passengers. Three star aren’t so often given to new cars knower days. Three stars means that there can be a 21% to 35% of an serious injury in a front crash similar seized vehicle and a higher injury by a lager vehicle. At nine feet long the Fort Tow is the smallest car on the mass market sold in the US. In the side impact it got five out of five stars but after the test the door pooped of. For rolling over the Fort Tow got three stars the chance of rolling over in a crash is 21%. No other passenger car has a rate under four stars according to NHTSA. The cut of rollover resistance rating is a 20% chance of rollover. All Smart cars are equipped with electronic stability control a system that helps cars prevents that they rollover and skids during quick manoeuvres. NHTSA's three-star score takes that into account if it can complete the test with out tipping. A Spokesman said that they expected the results to be four stars. Smart is a product of Germany Daimler which also makes Mercedes Benz luxury cars.

What I like didn’t like about this project:

I didn’t like the fact that it got low marks on security because it means that the secure inset weary high. So in crashes people how drive this car can get badly injured in a crash. I wouldn’t drive this car if I none that it is not secure.

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