Maybe they could get approval if they physically disconnected the door handles from the mechanism and forced them to stay locked if the thing bursts into flames…
I agree with the spirit of the post - the tanks Americans have been taught to adore are a bigger safety risk than a small car and I love my Smart. However, the standard full size Euro NCAP are performed at speeds not exceeding 60kph. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to require that in order to travel on roads with a 50kph speed limit, the vehicle will not crumple like a piece of tissue and kill the occupants. There is the separate quadricycle test which demonstrates the risks of these vehicles.
The Euro NCAP also have the valuable pedestrian safety tests and extrication ratings.
There are lots of stroads in my (American) city where the speed limit is 40mph or roughly 65kph.
Only 5,000 lbs? If they get into a collision with a 40,000 lb MRAP they’re going to lose.
Given how ICE is starting to drive around US cities, that’s a real concern that people are going to start having.
As American roads are the equivalent of Mad Max in real life, how about the american clown cars pick a fight with my 45 ton european tram?
Does Lemmy have an equivalent to r/bitchimatrain? XD
Straight up false. It’s easy, in most states. I think all of them.
