re is car saftey important in article conradie firga sun ac za conradie firga sun ac za gerrit conradie writes much discussion about economics of safety deleted safety is an important criterium for me when buying a car i won t buy a small car like a civic or whatever great safety handling speed for me seems to me that you would be more dead in a small car than a large car after an accident this is a very simplistic view of safety assuming that you are in a collision less likely with a more agile smaller car then the important factor is how well does the car sacrifice itself to save you this is why a thousand pound f car can hit a wall at and the driver walks out and why everybody dies when a suburban hits a wall at as i recall for the last generation suburban hic numbers as an aside just what is the point of an airbag it seems to me that seatbelts with pretensioners audi et al or a good tight point belt will prevent you every moving far enough to hit the airbag you might be saved from some flyign glass or is an airbag just a lowest common denominator safety device that is of some use in a head on collision when you are wearing no seat belt craig gerrit
