It's almost a cliche word when we hear someone saying larger cars are safer, where in reality, it could be very far from the truth. Think of cars like big buildings, and we're housed inside, its the number of pillars and the strength it has that determine our safety, not the mere size of what seems like from the outside. Basically, a car's safety was done by designing a crumple zone, and a safety cell, where the impact energy would have to be absorbed partially by the crumple zone, and excess energy will then be transferred through the rigid safety cell as a whole. This is especially crucial in side impact crashes where our doors could only provide minimal protection, hence when shut, the impact sustained by the doors would have to be transferred over the bodyshell as a whole, meaning the car it self should 'skid' on the road when rammed, rather than the doors giving up and crumple into the passengers.
Why do I suddenly make this post? Well I happen to see an Alado (Chery) on the road this morning, everytime I saw one, I can't imagine what horrible stuffs would happened to the owner when he/she was involved in an accident, and what actually makes them buy such horrid, inhumane, un-ethical products?
Watch the video below of the Alado A160 (A car the size of a Proton Waja, or a 1999 Audi A4) in a frontal crash test, and followed by a Honda Jazz crash test. Remember both cars are still on sale today, and Alado had just launched the B14 MPV and a T240 SUV. If you want to endanger your family and waste your money on these products that puts you or your family's life in danger, just click on this : DEADLY RUBBISH
Saturday, September 27, 2008
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Damn the Alado crash looks REALLY bad!!
If I remember correctly, the Cherry had cars which got ZERO stars for the Euro NCAP crash test a few years ago, hence not being sold in Europe...tho correct me if I'm wrong
In my opinion, as the largest passenger car market in Asean, Malaysia's road transport authority should have a crash testing facility that rates every single car on sale today and enforce the 'Stars obtained' and videos of the crash tests being constantly played in every of their showrooms. This would help raise consumer awareness, looking beyond the mere inclusion of airbags and ABS as the 'ultimate' thing your car needs. Its a shame the government hadn't done anything on this aspect.
At least if you buy a car that's gone through some testing you can rest assured you won't go legless! Many cars available in Malaysia are sold in North America and Europe too, so you shouldn't have to worry so much. They've got NHSTA and EURO NCAP ratings already.
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