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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
This VW would never be a "mass market" vehicle, so it's moot. (It'll likely never be produced period, so it's even more moot!!)
No, I've never crashed a car or been in one that someone else crashed. I also recognize that if I did crash, the cars I own would fare poorly relative to newer and/or larger vehicles. And that's acceptable to me, based on how and where I drive them. (PS: I also owned a motorcycle... the horror!)
Arguing about safety is like arguing about what colour is better. You don't like it, you don't buy it. Your position of what's acceptable passive protection comes down to a subjective personal call.
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You made some points.
When I was only 14 years old I got a brand new 125cc Enduro Motorcycle that I drove up and down in a holler far in the mountains of south east Kentucky- I think we had maybe one state cop for the entire county, so nobody was worried about the police telling me I could not drive- plenty of other young teens did the same thing back then.
Finally I broke my leg on my bike when I was moving 70MPH downhill around a corner and broadsided an old pickup truck- It threw me like Superman for a very like horizontal glide above the dirt road- THEN BAM I hit the road like an airplane flipping over. I loved the power of driving that bike, but I was taught very young about how dangerous motorcycles CAN be. I still like them. But the safety factor forces me to choose otherwise because I for one would like to live a long and healthy life- if possible. That's why I stopped drinking and smoking too.
As I have grown older safety has became more and more important to me in most everything I do. I may have little fear of EMFs, but I am more spooked by the Swine Flu than getting thrown of a big Harley. In this state the DRIVER of a motorcycle need not wear a helmet, only a passenger. Every year we have a bunch of drivers killed here, likely because they had no helmet on.
The main reason I was sold on my sub-compact was that it had side impact airbags, among others. Otherwise I might of got a med-size car.