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Originally Posted by nekokami
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One of the things that impressed me about the V-One was the steel frame surrounding the cabin. I'm indifferent to motorcycles in general, but the economy of them does attract me, if my safety and weather needs could be addressed.
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Not that an accident involving going from 70mph (113km/h) to zero in an instant in any car would likely leave you in any condition other than something that looks like it would smear nicely together with butter on warm toast, but here's a video that shows the rigidity of the "cockpit" of the
SMART fourtwo and another small car:
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/10/t...t-crash-video/
I'm not arguing the relative safety of the vehicle, but merely expressing how impressed I am at the strength of all modern cars.
Cheers,
Marc (Who prefers
Fifth Gear to
Top Gear - Tiff is a legend, Vicki has the best laugh while hammering a car to scary extremes, Jason is a great, objective driver, and Tom is hilarious without being arrogant ([cough!]Jeremy Clarkson[cough!])