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I suppose there are 3 schools of thought. Make a vehicle light enough to avoid an accident, make it strong enough to "win" the accident, or build it assuming it will be involved in a bad accident and the passengers must survive.
I propose filling all cars with a lightweight metallic foam or metallic bubblewrap, and have carbon dioxide be the gas contained therein, or some other fire retardant chemical that is lightweight. The crumple zones would have to be engineered for a crash at survivable at much higher speeds than are currently enforced. And research into making carbon fiber much cheaper would be a gov't mandate, to the end that all cars would use it to make the vehicles lighter. Yes, a light car is better, but it should also make sure the passengers will survive a horrific accident.
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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