That would have been fluke. Race drivers were killed and seriously injured in droves before Jackie Stewart and other drivers campaigned to improve car and circuit safety. Even now, with huge attention to driver safety, drivers can still be killed.mickeymoon wrote:I'm also sceptical of Tiff and VBH's claim in the Smart car / concrete / Corsa video that the car occupants would be almost certainly dead. It's not uncommon for racing drivers past and present to have suffered far higher accident g-forces, even in the days before HANS devices and simply walked away..
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Changing subject, even though I'm a massive 2CV fan, it is not a safe car in any way, shape or form! Designed and built before crash testing or any form of passenger safety was even considered, it is a death trap in a serious collision. As would most cars from the same era, or even 30-40 years later. It is only since Ncap that occupant safety has been dramatically improved. Just moving your head, shoulders and limbs around in an older car indicates how vulnerable you are to fatal or serious injury. The bigger you are the worse it is. I'm just over 6ft tall and lean but well built and it worries me just how close my head is to the roof, shoulders are to door pillars and legs to dash and steering wheel in older cars, and even some smaller, newer ones. As for rag tops, I think people who drive those are mad! Then again, I also ride motorcycles!