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Originally Posted by BackinBlackSS/RS
I remember someone on here once arguing they had a great crash rating and they are safe.  I guess common sense is not so common. |
Crash ratings are used to rate a car against how well it would do in a crash against a vehicle of similar size and weight. So a Smart vs a Smart ... you're probably going to be safe. But since almost everything on the roads besides motorcycles are bigger & heavier than a Smart ... those crash ratings can be thrown out the window since they don't work across classes. So if a 4 star Smart were to hit a 3 star full size sedan, the ones in the sedan would probably have fewer injuries, despite the lower rating.