New IIHS crash test

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah

Nothing in car insurance (or really ANY insurance) becomes "reduced". Always going up...

Yup. And even though the number of fatalities may have gone down over the years, do we have any statistics about the number and severity of injuries sustained in non-fatal accidents? Healthcare costs are going up, and so is the associated insurance. And our litigious society isn't helping here either. It's all a big machine...

 

[d00df00d]

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
We need DRIVER education and real training.

 

[Stanley Rockafeller]

Originally Posted By: L_Sludger
Not to complain or anything but how often do these types of crashes occur?


more than you can imagine, esp. with ppl. texting etc.

 

[SuperDave456]

I see more of these type of crashes than full frontal impact.

This also simulates something closer to a side swipe. I see lots of those.
Don't know if I have ever seen a full frontal impact. Normally a person trys to get out of the way, and fails doing so, making it a partial impact.

Oh, and +1 for driver education.
Too many people are texting, slurping on a latte, slapping their kids in the back seat, singing on the raido, watching their GPS, and smoking a cigarette, all while driving.

 

[hattaresguy]

Cars are already pretty safe.

What would really help is more driver training.