Yaris vs. Camry - Yaris looses

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Originally Posted by supmet

Exactly. Why waste money testing a one in a million accident. Both drivers would have to be asleep to not attempt ANY correction.

sorry, but to call these types of crashes one in a million is a little ignorant.

drunk driving fatalities often occur very similar to this, where the drunk driver, without any notice to the oncoming car, veers across the center line. same goes for drowsy drivers, distracted drivers, etc...leaving the other driver little or no time to make any correction. those type of drunk driving fatalities were part of the impetus for these crash tests in europe. 100% identical. no, but these offset crash test come very close to simulating those types of crashes.

from the IIHS Status Report, 2007.

A disproportionate number of fatal
crashes occur on rural roads, and most
such crashes occur on two-lane roads. A
major problem on these roads involves
vehicles crossing the centerlines and striking
opposing traffic. Crashes like these
account for about 20 percent of all fatal
crashes on rural two-lane roads. Approximately
4,500 deaths occur annually in
such collisions.

we all have to face the fact if we are in a head on or offset collision at even a moderate speed we have a decent chance of either dying instantly or being crippled and/or brain damaged for life. there are very few cars we would collide with that would afford us the opportunity to fare better than that in a head on crash.

as a small car driver i have always been very cognizant of this and am very dilligent in driving with the attitude that every driver on the road could be an idiot.