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Originally Posted by audia8driver

Only thing, nobody wants the big cars, due to overall running costs, but surely safety should also be a big factor.

And yet, to some extent, especially in a head-on accident it's a case of survival of the biggest/heaviest.

That's why I've always preferred larger cars. It's simple physics; the bigger/heavier car will be slowed by the smaller/lighter car in a head-on accident but will continue in the direction it was going, lessening the forces that the impact exerts on the internal organs of the occupants. For the smaller/lighter car, the forces at play are worse than hitting an immovable object. The car changes direction in an instant, exerting huge forces on the occupants. It makes no difference if the small car has some sort of 'rigid safety cell' and a million airbags. Safety features such as those reduce external injuries but do nothing to lessen the extent of the (often fatal) internal injuries caused by the resulting g-forces.

Another thing about head-on accidents is that they're not always avoidable, no matter how carefully/safely you drive. You can never know if some idiot will be on your side of the road one day, while driving around a blind bend.



And that, is why I drive an 8!