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Originally Posted by wdb
But the impact absorbing structures resulting from engineering to pass this test are more likely to save lives out here in the real world.
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Problem #1 is that it only looks at half the equation, looking at lives saved in crashes, but not lives lost because the the heavier car couldn't avoid the collision. And further up the line, lives lost mining the extra materials, extracting the extra oil needed to run the heavier cars, etc.