06-12-2015, 09:47 AM
(06-12-2015, 08:38 AM)gstanford Wrote: Don't drive like an idiot and you will never have to worry about being in a crash like that. (I've never been in a crash that was my fault and never crashed at all in my Yaris). That includes trying to go from 0 to 60 in under 10 seconds (which you won't be doing from an on ramp to a highway anyway since you are likely already travelling 40 - 60 km/h on the on-ramp as you merge.
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First it's not my driving I worry about. Ever heard of anyone texting and driving? Smoking and driving? Playing with the radio and driving? Drinking and driving? Falling asleep at the wheel?
Yes the odds are against you getting in a serious crash:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/moneybuilder...-your-car/
But the Yaris is NOT what you want to be driving if you are in that accident.
Notice how the cab is intact in my car?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vW9pmd-u1c
Same thing in my wife's car:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngNSnGsAWgQ
And the Yaris driver ponders if saving $10K was worth it as the engine gets rammed into his stomach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZlWfDVPFYk
You guys never turn onto a ramp from a stop light and have to get up to highway speed in a short distance, or have to merge into fast traffic? I have to multiple times a day.