c2105026
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- 2000 VTII Commodore Olympic, 2012 Ford Focus ST
Yes that video was a VB Commodore, loaded up with sandbags, tailshaft taken out.
If I were to hit the telephone pole down the street yes the VB would be a lot more dangerous than a VX...but then again, looking at current crash stats, fewer and fewer crashes are happening all the time due to various road safety measures. We are now at the stage a of typical motorist embarking on a 60 year driving career will have a 30% chance of no reported accident ever, and another 40% having one crash - over 60 years (calculated from NSW figures, assuming a Poisson distribution). Given you will only have a car for 5-7 years, it is pretty small odds that you will crash that car to a level that passive safety would need to be considered (10% over 7 yrs, or 5% if only casualty crashes are considered). You are more likely to hurt yourself in the home, on the sporting field or at work.....
If I were to hit the telephone pole down the street yes the VB would be a lot more dangerous than a VX...but then again, looking at current crash stats, fewer and fewer crashes are happening all the time due to various road safety measures. We are now at the stage a of typical motorist embarking on a 60 year driving career will have a 30% chance of no reported accident ever, and another 40% having one crash - over 60 years (calculated from NSW figures, assuming a Poisson distribution). Given you will only have a car for 5-7 years, it is pretty small odds that you will crash that car to a level that passive safety would need to be considered (10% over 7 yrs, or 5% if only casualty crashes are considered). You are more likely to hurt yourself in the home, on the sporting field or at work.....
