I prefer to maintain some space between me and the 18 wheelers.
Big and heavy, small and nimble. The former helps you survive an accident. the latter helps you avoid one.
When a vehicle going at good speed hits a streetlight or something similar, I wonder how well a heavy car with all the accrued momentum would do, versus something lighter (though maybe not as light as the one in the article above) and with better impact-absorbing crumple zones.
The two vehicles are colliding the stationary object with about the same area of contact. The impressed forces will be greater, when a larger mass is decelerated suddenly.
Just a thought.
so true
Really well put. My Geo Metro is basically set up like an autocross car and it is VERY maneuverable. I've forgotten the exact weight now, might be 1,850. If I'm in a head-on, or other major accident, you can post the FReeper obit for me.