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How many of us studied some discipline, from welding to rocket science, did well, and then went out into the world only to realize how little we really knew until we'd applied our skills in the real world, gained experience, skinned our knees a bit, and truly learned by teaching others? I did.
I ask this because in the "classroom" i.e. where Wranglers are crash tested, they often come up short. What I'd like to know is how closely do NHTSB and other scientific bodies crash testing findings correlate with real world injuries and fatalities compared to other vehicles, of course adjusting for the number of vehicles of a model/year out on the road.
I'm not saying that these institutions are filled with morons, or that things can't be learned about how to build all vehicles (or crash tests themselves) better from crash tests. In fact, in an effort to sell vehicles, the importance consumers place on these very tests motivates manufacturers to consider safety: a good thing.
I feel remarkable safe in my JL. I am high up and have lots of steel between me and other vehicles.
Then again, fate doesn't care how you or I feel. It cares about materials, designs, and Newton's laws.
I just don't think Wrangler gets a fair shake in these tests.
What say you? And try not to let our shared love of the rig cause us to abandon collision fact.
I ask this because in the "classroom" i.e. where Wranglers are crash tested, they often come up short. What I'd like to know is how closely do NHTSB and other scientific bodies crash testing findings correlate with real world injuries and fatalities compared to other vehicles, of course adjusting for the number of vehicles of a model/year out on the road.
I'm not saying that these institutions are filled with morons, or that things can't be learned about how to build all vehicles (or crash tests themselves) better from crash tests. In fact, in an effort to sell vehicles, the importance consumers place on these very tests motivates manufacturers to consider safety: a good thing.
I feel remarkable safe in my JL. I am high up and have lots of steel between me and other vehicles.
Then again, fate doesn't care how you or I feel. It cares about materials, designs, and Newton's laws.
I just don't think Wrangler gets a fair shake in these tests.
What say you? And try not to let our shared love of the rig cause us to abandon collision fact.
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