Comments on: Latest driver death rates highlight dangers of muscle cars

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:06:29 +0000

Albion:

In my part of the world, kids — barely out of short pants — once they qualify to drive, go and buy the cheapest car they can (which translates as often the smallest, least well-built) and drive like they were about to win an F1 race.

Hell, yeah!

By: Albion

Albion — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:28:08 +0000

Don’t discount the human factor. In my part of the world, kids — barely out of short pants — once they qualify to drive, go and buy the cheapest car they can (which translates as often the smallest, least well-built) and drive like they were about to win an F1 race.

When every stop light and junction is regarded as a challenge, hard to see how you can lower the casualty rate.

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:08:38 +0000

So, Japanese cars dominate the low death rate category, and American cars dominate the high death rate category.

The amount of design devoted to safety in modern cars is really quite large. I suspect the most important variable here is driver behavior.

By: T. Beholder

T. Beholder — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:17:04 +0000