Mister Sinister

I've seen that, and the outcome shouln't surprise anyone. Like Isaid, cars have become bigger, heavier, and faster, so they HADto become more safe. Not to say you were better off getting in an accident back in 1950, but the test they performed is misleading. Crash the 2009 Impala into a dump truck, and you get the picture. The simple fact of the matter is more people die in car accidents when based on number of drivers on the road now than they did back then. Safety has come a long way, but it had to. The average speed and mass of today's vehicles is greater than those of the old days. Are we better off now?Depends how you look at it.
But I'll tell you this, and Iknow from having driven plenty of both, old cars hold up a lot better in low speed crashes than modern vehicles do. Tap someone's bumper and it's going to cost you $1500 to fix. Do it with an old car, and you might scuff the chrome. Again, new cars are superior in size, speed, and agility, but because of all this, they had to be safer as well. It's all relative.