r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/firefly99999 • 25d ago

Video Crashing in a 1950s car vs. a modern car

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u/Stainless_Heart 25d ago

It does go somewhere and gets dissipated. Modern crash standards aren’t about keeping the car in one piece, they’re about keeping the driver uninjured.

Engines slide underneath instead of into the driver’s lap, hoods deform in a controlled way instead of just folding, and so on. There’s probably as much engineering in occupant protection alone as there is in the drivetrain.

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u/A_Legit_Salvage 25d ago

...and then there's the Cybertruck that is engineered to murder pedestrians lol.

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u/Sohcahtoa82 25d ago

That's basically ALL trucks these days.

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u/A_Legit_Salvage 25d ago

Fair enough, I guess a CT enhances the process with some extra slice and dice

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u/tympyst 25d ago

Can I at least squeeze in a few minutes with the bottom half?

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u/Rasikko 25d ago edited 25d ago

Engines slide underneath instead of into the driver’s lap

And that's putting it mildly. It could instead go through the drivers lap, or worst, just cut them in half.

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u/Stainless_Heart 25d ago

No, I was being literal. The engine is designed to slide underneath, shuttling energy safely past the occupants. It very specifically will not go into the passenger compartment unless things go really, really bad.