Sorry to burst your bubble, but I drive a Fiat. Probably as far from a Tundra as you can get ;).
When in a pickup truck it’s very dependent on what you hit, against a car like Corolla would definitely yield better result than the crash test shows.
Again...nothing to do with Corolla vs Tundra. Quit putting up a strawman.
Based on my last experience, I would say a resounding no.
Sure, but the specific example we’re talking about is a Corolla and a Tundra. Why bring in other trucks? Of course there are safer ones, but the point is that even a truck that scored on the lower end of the spectrum is likely safer than a Corolla when you do an apples-to-apples comparison.
This is an oldie, but a previous gen Tundra held up pretty well against an Accord. HIC was substantially lower in the Tundra; unless the Fit is some sort of Goliath slayer that shunts all the energy back to the Tundra, I can’t imagine the Tundra would be on the wrong end of the here.
To your first point, that could be a possible confounding factor, but the NHTSA found that the VMT (vehicle miles of travel) is actually higher for trucks, SUVs, and vans than it is for cars. If anything that would mean their fatality rate should be amplified. Page 26 if you care to see for yourself:
Because some automakers (*cough*Toyota*cough*) design their cars to pass the tests rather than real-world safety. That’s why the decade-old Volvo passed the new tests with flying colors while others with even their new models were caught with their pants down.
Would you rather be in the Fit and have a mass disadvantage? Yes, it’s an arms race, but at the end of the day I’d rather be the one with the bigger gun.
May not be a truck vs a small car, but this may be right up your alley:
But if you’re driving a Corolla, you’re also statistically not hitting a Corolla. I’d much rather be in a Tundra getting hit by a Tundra than in a Corolla getting hit by a Tundra...
Sorry, your anecdotal source isn’t consistent with the IIHS’s own study
Source?
Hitting a wall simulates hitting another vehicle of equal mass. There’s a heck of a lot more energy to deal with when two Tundras smash into each other compared to two Yaris’s smashing into each other.
Everything else equal, it is safer if you compare them fairly. The crash tests where you crash into a wall is not particularly fair because it simulates hitting another car of similar mass as your own. Corolla vs Corolla or Tundra vs Tundra, yeah I’d rather be in the Corolla, but Corolla vs Tundra? Would you really…
If you think that was a push, you must think Chris Paul has never flopped in his life.
The hive mind says that it is if it’s a rich white man who moved them.
Well, considering that there wasn’t anything in the video that suggested he should be charged, I’d say the system worked, despite what the pitchfork-wielding mob wanted.