02-20-2007, 05:56 PM
Smart Cars are designed to transfer front impact to a rear crumple zone (and vice versa) without deformation of the passenger area. This is obvious in the linked video.
To say that they are unsafe because they don't have crumple zones demonstrates ignorance of the crumple zone concept.
To say that they are unsafe because they don't have crumple zones demonstrates ignorance of the crumple zone concept.