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entwisi · 11-12-2007, 08:41

This was a Saxo so not a 'fast' car. I have more concerns with how fragile these little cars are. I see far too many accidents on teh motorways where the driver of the big merc/volvo/etc is sat phoning their family where the poor sod in the 'small car' is still being cut out by firemen. There was an interesting article where they interviewed one of Volvo's car designers. Asked why Volvos only get 3/4 starts in NCAP ratings wheras Renault get 5 he responded " I design cars to handle real life crashes not a tiny set of controlled ones" Says it all really.

When shes old enough I will actively encourage Siobhan to drive big meaty cars as I believe she is far safer in one than these tinfoil shopping carts.

Young lads will always drive fast. Its exciting. Coupled with driving games on PS3/Xbox being so realistic they get teh idea they can drive fast and get away with it. I'm not blaming teh games here. I love playing them. The difference is I know the difference between real life and gaming. It would help to get them involved in low level motorsports like Autocross, Autotesting, hillclimbs and the like where they would learn just how cars behave. Unfortunately there aren't the facilities for clubs to get them interested.

11-12-2007, 08:41	#4
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	Re: Not that far from Accrington This was a Saxo so not a 'fast' car. I have more concerns with how fragile these little cars are. I see far too many accidents on teh motorways where the driver of the big merc/volvo/etc is sat phoning their family where the poor sod in the 'small car' is still being cut out by firemen. There was an interesting article where they interviewed one of Volvo's car designers. Asked why Volvos only get 3/4 starts in NCAP ratings wheras Renault get 5 he responded " I design cars to handle real life crashes not a tiny set of controlled ones" Says it all really. When shes old enough I will actively encourage Siobhan to drive big meaty cars as I believe she is far safer in one than these tinfoil shopping carts. Young lads will always drive fast. Its exciting. Coupled with driving games on PS3/Xbox being so realistic they get teh idea they can drive fast and get away with it. I'm not blaming teh games here. I love playing them. The difference is I know the difference between real life and gaming. It would help to get them involved in low level motorsports like Autocross, Autotesting, hillclimbs and the like where they would learn just how cars behave. Unfortunately there aren't the facilities for clubs to get them interested. __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures?