It may be a tiny car...

[PaidTimeOff]

But damn those toyota engineers did something right when they were planning for safety.

Interesting article:

http://gas2.org/2008/10/21/are-tiny-gas-saving-cars-unsafe-today-mine-saved-my-life/

[1NZYaris1]

Thats nasty:eyebulge: , good to see he walked away from it though.:wink:

[eTiMaGo]

It's all about the crumple zones.... Better see the car absorb all the energy and get really messed up, than your head...

[Forrest]

That's quite a picture of your accident. So glad you were able to walk away.

[gootziecat]

It's wonderful you came through the accident without any major problems. Thanks for sharing with us. Personally, I'm sharing this with my insurance company. :biggrin:

gootziecat

[ZING]

Don't think it was PaidTimeOff that got into that accident, it's just an article he found.

[sportin83]

im glad to see that these cars can take a beating.

[Thirty-Nine]

Wow. I posted a link to this on www.subcompactculture.com, too. Thanks for the link!

[sanityassassinv2]

http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_01_12_a_suv.html

This is a great read on the "safety" of SUVs..

Cheers

Good find...I never really though about the psychological aspects of people's buying habits, but I always practice driving defensively regardless of the size of the vehicle I am driving.

[nemelek]

Some of the biggest complaints I have heard about the Yaris is what Happens in an accident. People still justifing owning a SUV.

[darthbauer]

Of course airbags and seat belts might make you safer but sometimes they do just as much damage. No matter the crash test rating of a car I think a big part of it is going to come down to luck.

[Bob_VT]

If I was that person I would spend some time in church. I imagine it was a wild ride.

[sportin83]

i had a family member roll a van over 3 times and had no seat belt on and all that happened was some bruised arms and legs and a pulled muscle in arm. didnt even leave the drivers seat. alot of a wreck is luck and how it happens exactly.

[DefStarYaris]

It's great that you're in one piece. I'll feel a little safer now in the sea of trucks I drive through during my morning drive.

[PaidTimeOff]

Just to clarify, the article's not about me. Just found it and thought I'd share it with yw :)

[Callisto]

The second article (about the psychology of safety) reminds me of a story. A classmate of mine from high school is one of the worst drivers you could ever want to lay eyes upon. Immediately after she got her license, her parents spent about $15k buying her a fairly low mileage Ford Explorer, "for safety." It wasn't two weeks that she rolled that thing onto it's roof, totaling it in the process. A few weeks later she had sprung $500 for a 1989 VW Golf. Despite a burned out clutch, as far as I know it is still going....5 years later.

[bdc87]

Luck or Religion, there was van rollover next to my old place where the van ran a red light, hit a car fliped a couple times covering 30ft going through a steel fence at the mexican resturant. The guy got out of the upside down van holding the cross that was around his neck.