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[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 67 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Looks like Tesla are still catching up to 1950s level technology.

The Mercedes-Benz patent number 854157, granted in 1952, describes the decisive feature of passive safety. [Mercedes engineer Béla] Barényi questioned the opinion that had prevailed until then that a safe car had to be rigid. He divided the car body into three sections: the rigid non-deforming passenger compartment and the crumple zones in the front and the rear.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumple_zone

There's also a bunch of reddit threads from around the time of the original Cybertruck announcement full of Musklickers saying of course it'll be a super safe vehicle and dumping on anyone who even suggests caution.

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What if the crumple zone was the other car though? I drive away unscathed after you crumple like a fool!

[–] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 17 points 7 months ago

World's funniest tragedy of the commons

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

watch this, kid... when these two bazinga mobiles get up to 88 miles per hour and collide, you're going to see some serious shit!