The safety credentials of old cars are now laughed at even by todays poorest-performing cars. Old cars bend and twist like nothing you`ve ever seen, and when they come in contact with a fast moving truck, the distortion of metal renders them unrecognizable.
However, it seems that investing billions into the development of crumple zones, pre-tensioned seatbelts, airbags for your knees and so on, can easily be negated by a very abstract concept - luck! This video proves that no matter how severe a crash is, even one between an old Lada and a fast-moving 18-wheeler, luck can defy the laws of physics, as well as common sense.
Just watch the video and see for yourselves, just how important luck is in any situation, but particularly in a life-thretening one. So, from now on, automakers should cut all funding for conventional protection, and instead fill the cars’ cabins with good luck charms, such as horse shoes and rabbit’s feet - it`s far cheaper and it doesn`t make the car unnecessarily heavy and could solve all sorts of problems, such as flat tires and random mechanical failures, which have an element of bad luck associated with them.
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