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Re:Airbus A350 successfully completes maiden test flight by megablast on Friday June 14, 2013 @12:33PM (#5880817)
You think cars have changed? Trains? Most things have not changed much.
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Re:Airbus A350 successfully completes maiden test flight by potatolicious on Friday June 14, 2013 @01:51PM (#5881304)
Cars and trains have changed a lot.

This video shows the difference pretty clearly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ptUrQOMPs (it's a head-on crash test between a 1959 Bel Air and a 2009 Malibu).

Cars are immensely safer than the death-traps they were in the past. They're also immensely more comfortable, mind-bogglingly more fuel efficient, and produce a hell of a lot less pollution.

These aren't marginal improvements.

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