Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009)

Re:Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009) by Doxin on Thursday September 15, 2022 @03:15AM (#32848232)

That's on purpose. Used to be they only tested straight-on crashes. Of course this ment that car manufacturers only optimized for that situation. In the real world you're rarely aiming squarely for the front of the other car though, so those sorts of crashes were rather a lot more lethal until crash testing started taking them into account.

It's also generally just a harder crash for a car to deal with, so it makes sense to use in a comparison like this.

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Re:Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009) by TheJoeMan on Thursday September 15, 2022 @01:00PM (#32855021)

Unfortunately they may be over-optimizing... https://danluu.com/car-safety/ discusses "gaming" the tests. Maybe protect the driver more at the passenger's expense.

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Re:Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009) by Doxin on Friday September 16, 2022 @05:35AM (#32864070)

What's that quote about metrics and goals again?

Crash testing will need to continually get updated to avoid manufacturers being able to target the tests too much.

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