Excellent idea. I wanted to do this for my senior design project in electrical engineering, but the time constraint would have been too great.

Glad to see the filming rider uninjured. I hope the others faired as well as him. 10/10 would crap pants upon seeing that.

really just sounds like an easy way to get a ticket.

I wonder how pissed the new owner(s) are when they see these articles. I do love reading them regardless

On getting by in America: "try as hard as you can to be a rich, white male"

....that's it?

Word use:

Wow, that dog is a piece of shit.

A 100+ MPH crash, whether in a Mercedes GL or a Carrera GT, would have meant disaster for the occupants.

It just had to be a shitty Dart of all things.

I should've submitted this:

Natural selection begging to happen.

Roberto approved.

I don't think it's possible for there to be another Model T equivalent. The manufacturing process of vehicles has reached such a streamlined state that I don't see much more improvement short of 3D printing everything. There are in fact several 'vehicles for the masses,' ranging from Civics to Camrys to Tauruses to…

Doesn't sound too much different than this straight-piped '97 Lumina. Definitely not a good thing.

It was a sedan too. :'(

I'm not trying to put an umbrella over it saying 'hit anything and everything hard and on center,' rather I am just saying that the car will definitely react (crumple) better, and give the passengers a greater chance at survival when the impact area is larger.

Also, I fail to see how this test replicates hitting another vehicle if the barrier DOESN'T DEFORM AT ALL.

Obviously the IIHS sees reason to test like this. There are still people dying in head-on collisions, despite such good ratings on moderate overlap tests. Moral of the story: you're not going to die if your car doesn't ace this test. Just hit that pole dead center and not with your fucking headlight.