Volvo invited 150 members of Scandinavian Press to witness their new crash avoidance technology. I'm sure they were thoroughly impressed:
http://www.saabsunited.com/2010/05/volv ... -fail.html
Volvo Oops
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TroubleBound
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maybe the driver was just bad? :/
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TroubleBound
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sentrastace wrote:maybe the driver was just bad? :/
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not gonna lie that was pretty good.. hmm, whats gonna happen when you drive toward a truck..... SMASH GOES THE BUMPER!
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It actually did hold up well. The fail worked out anywayelwesso wrote:not gonna lie that was pretty good.. hmm, whats gonna happen when you drive toward a truck..... SMASH GOES THE BUMPER!
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Two fails don't make a win.krash wrote:It actually did hold up well. The fail worked out anywayelwesso wrote:not gonna lie that was pretty good.. hmm, whats gonna happen when you drive toward a truck..... SMASH GOES THE BUMPER!
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If refrigerant and anti-freeze came out during a "safety demonstration" it did not hold up well
interesting though that it does not appear the airbags went off.
interesting though that it does not appear the airbags went off.
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yea thats what I meant. Seeing as to how it wasn't supposed to hit the truck, it did alright.elwesso wrote:If refrigerant and anti-freeze came out during a "safety demonstration" it did not hold up well
interesting though that it does not appear the airbags went off.
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Of course it failed. The driver had no arms.
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Obviously the dummy that they put in the car was a woman.