Crash test videos are some of my favorite things in the world, and it’s rare that I come across one I haven’t seen before, but the other day I came across a few vintage crash tests and I fully went down a rabbit hole. The full-overlap front crash test has been around for a long … Read more
When the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill passed in late 2021, it got a lot of attention for funding electric vehicle charging, high-speed rail, bridge maintenance and a lot of other basic infrastructure needs. What didn’t get much attention was a provision requiring the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to update seat strength requirements in cars. NHTSA … Read more
It’s almost a cliche these days to point out to a Boomer that “they don’t build them like they used to,” is actually a good thing because cars these days are so much safer than they were in the 1960s and 1970s. That doesn’t mean that all cars are equally safe, though. Some are definitely … Read more