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monoosolast Wednesday at 8:20 PM2 repliesview on HN

I know nothing about automobile design, but the Smart Fortwo [1] seemed to solve this problem just fine (IIRC they had a very good NCAP safety rating).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Fortwo


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EvanAndersonlast Wednesday at 9:33 PM

Always a good time to share this video re: crashing a Smart Fortwo: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mnI-LiKCtuE

rootusrootuslast Wednesday at 10:49 PM

> IIRC they had a very good NCAP safety rating

3 out of 5, which I think merely qualifies it as "average"