Are our Slants "Unsafe"?

Some people in this thread are confused about how passenger safety and car damage relate to each-other.

Old cars (in a hard hit) transfered most of that energy to the driver and passengers.

Modern cars absorb and direct that energy away from the driver and passengers.

Saying that your 70-something only got a small dent isn't saying much..... The energy from the crash still went somewhere, usually to the driver or passenger.

An easy example: Close your eyes and quickly walk into a wall. This represents an old car.

Have a friend duct tape a bunch of pillows all over your body and head. Now close your eyes and quickly walk into a wall. This represents a new car.


Ask an old time collision repair guy which are safer. They will tell you. You don't need to clean the blood, hair and teeth out of a vehicle like you did back in the old days.


We have a little crap box, Sentra in the shop right now. Radiator warped around the front of the engine, hood folded, both fenders pushed back far enough to overlap the doors slightly, both frame rails bent.

But the passenger compartment looks untouched and the people inside were uninjured.