http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-killed-G-Wiz-electric-car-horror-smash.html
pretty scandalous they get through certain safety requirements by classing it as a quadricycle.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-killed-G-Wiz-electric-car-horror-smash.html
pretty scandalous they get through certain safety requirements by classing it as a quadricycle.
i would hate to wonder what one of these hitting a pedestrian would do tbh
dangerous, one of the few things on the road that'd come off worse than a cinq in a head on.
i believe that the rover 100 wasnt much better than the seicento dont think ive ever seen the ncap test for the cinq
well look at the pic the chassie ain't even conencted.
the rover 100 / metro, citroen ax, sei, cinq all do pretty bad in tests (although not as bad in real crashes)
tbh, just a side impact into gee whiz (enough to knock it over) could've been enough to kill. All it takes is to hit your head on something hard enough and it's game over. Someone died round here the other week after a brawl outside a pub, fell and smashed his head on a kerb.
GeeWhiz users should be FORCED to wear helmets
or forced off the road full stop. theyre useless. actually i take that back theyre not useless but theyre inadequate for the job
Right the first time, they are useless, the only thing they work as are death traps.
so apparently 60% of coal energy reaches the lines
then only 20 % in the battery
so thats 12% of coal reaches the car
and normal cars manage 20% regardless so they dont work from rought figures
then only 20 % in the battery
so thats 12% of coal reaches the car
and normal cars manage 20% regardless so they dont work from rought figures
Cars have become progressively safer, partly by increased use of seatbelts and airbags, but partly because they are heavier than in the past. This though has a number of side effects which don't actually help matters. The old Rover 100 was one of the safer cars you could buy at the time, mainly because it was so agile. I had one of these, a 1.4 8v, followed directly by a Fiesta 1.25 Ghia and although the Fiesta had a higher level of grip, the Rover was a cracking car to drive on a twisty road as you could use almost all the the performance because you could steer it on the throttle and the turn in was as sharp as a knife. If only my Panda was as good.
The problem is that as stricter rollover protection regulations have come into force this has brought with them thicker A, B and C posts which in turn limit visibility, especially on roundabouts and at junctions and also bring higher weight. So if something like a G-Wizz comes into contact with a current model Fiesta, it's going to take a bigger impact than it would have done if hit by that 1997 Rover or the Fiesta that replaced it.
I wouldn't suggest that we should all be driving around in paper bags or tin cans but maybe this is the time we should be looking at lighter materials. Although I was never a fan of the Clio, I thought the previous models with its plastic front wings was a step in the right direction.
The problem is that as stricter rollover protection regulations have come into force this has brought with them thicker A, B and C posts which in turn limit visibility, especially on roundabouts and at junctions and also bring higher weight. So if something like a G-Wizz comes into contact with a current model Fiesta, it's going to take a bigger impact than it would have done if hit by that 1997 Rover or the Fiesta that replaced it.
I wouldn't suggest that we should all be driving around in paper bags or tin cans but maybe this is the time we should be looking at lighter materials. Although I was never a fan of the Clio, I thought the previous models with its plastic front wings was a step in the right direction.
