• zurohki@aussie.zone
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    1 day ago

    Those older cars with the huge windows and great visibility handled rollover accidents by crushing the heads and necks of everyone inside.

    At some point we decided the passenger cabin shouldn’t be the primary crumple zone, so you can’t make cars like that anymore.

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        21 hours ago

        You wouldn’t want to go 30 in that thing. You’d feel like you’re in a rock tumbler.

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          14 hours ago

          I kinda want to see what the wind would look like on this thing going 60 (96.5 km/h). I suspect you’d get more lift than is comfortable. And speaking as someone who’s had turbulence in a modern car (interstate driving into an Illinois windstorm), it’s terrifying even in a car that doesn’t want to roll over.

          Edit: seriously thought about it and am more concerned about the moment/torque it might get from the wind