Hmm Lets make the entire car a crumple zone...

http://www.nearlygood.com/pictures/img/h2.jpg

i just saw an article not that long ago that basicly says while smaller cars get higher safty ratings then SUVs and trucks, you are still going to be safer in the bigger SUV/Truck then the small car.

EDIT for picture: that is not a small pickup truck.

is that the pic? that dodge doesn’t look small. and while the H2’s frontend is fucked, it doesn’t look like it intruded too much into the pass. compartment, but you can’t really tell from this angle… but at any rate, they look like they hit HARD.

EDIT: before anyone starts to think i actually like these stupid monstrosities, the only way i’d rock one would be an H1 for off-road rez mudding Only. boy that would be awesome :tup:

yeah thats a small pickup…Dodge 3500 Dually prob with a Cummins Diesel in it. i dont think id want to get hit by that either

buy a chevrolet

A full frame diesel dodge is a small pickup?

I know what the idea is. I did this for 6 years.
Point was the #1 goal is occupant safety… everything else is secondary… including how the thing looks after the fact. The F150 is shit either way.

I think it depends on the truck involved.

The tests do not show the height difference and its effects on crashes. When a taller vehicle hits a shorter car it will likely hit at a higher spot on the car than where it was designed to take the impact. It’s a big mismatch that is becoming less and less of a problem with new designs. Presumably the SUV will sustain less damage given that it doesn’t roll over on top of itself.

The bottom line is,

  1. how well the passenger compartment is protected
  2. the forces on the passengers

The video of the Volvo shows that the dummy is very, very well controlled.

“If you can’t dodge it, ram it”

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Your “little truck” is a 3500 series dodge dually. That’s immovable object vs immovable object. Thanks for proving my point. The heavier vehicle won, but in this rare case that wasn’t the H2.

Lets see some H2 vs Civic crash pictures.

H2 Vs Elise…


Even better

Well then why don’t you look it up before you post nonsense?

Restraints/dummy kinematics — Dummy movement wasn’t well controlled. The airbag deployed too late, and there was too much rearward and far too much upward steering wheel movement, which contributed to the dummy’s head bottoming out the airbag and hitting the steering wheel. The driver seat was tilted so far forward that the dummy’s head was confined to a narrow space between the steering wheel and head restraint during much of the crash.

Forces on the head and neck indicate that injuries to the neck would be likely and injuries to the head would be possible. Forces on both tibias indicate that injuries to the lower legs would be possible.

Overall rating: POOR.

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=7