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Government Moves To Improve Crash Testing Program
Attention car shoppers: the government is upgrading its crash test program to offer better information about vehicle safety.

The Bush administration outlined changes Tuesday to the government's safety ratings, which grade new vehicles on a scale of up to five stars.

The new program will continue to assess passenger cars, pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans on the five-star scale but will add an overall safety rating that combines scores from several crash tests.

The new system, which will start in the 2010 model year, also will include new front-end tests and a test in which the vehicle strikes a pole sideways to simulate the wrapping of a vehicle around a tree. Female crash test dummies will be used to represent women and large children.
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CarboyCarboy - 7/9/2008 9:38:31 AMView My AgentSpace
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Lol that's the picture from the first post I ever made here.

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cericceric - 7/9/2008 5:21:05 PM
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The picture is a testimony to MB's passive safety.
What is the poor white car?

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t_sotellot_sotello - 7/9/2008 7:10:28 PM
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that poor white car is a toyota corolla.

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NoFHoesNoFHoes - 7/9/2008 11:11:03 PM
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"You didn't see anything"....."What gas prices?"

"All are safety belong to us...now"

Safety = Gas Price/100 - Speed

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WorldofLuxuryWorldofLuxury - 7/9/2008 11:58:24 PM
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I've always been suspicious of the Smart, and I'm glad Fifth Gear gave an attempt to show the world that the little buggy is like our Earth - it can live on for quite a while, but the human beings...not so long.

I truly feel sad for those who get misinformed. As wonderful of a car the Smart is, such as the Brabus version x], I don't think it deserves high crash ratings.

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