Volvo: No one will die in our cars

[Steverino]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/20/luxury/volvo-no-death-crash-cars-2020/

Well, if anyone can, I guess Volvo would be the company.

 

[jp_nyc]

I can see them getting close. Limit acceleration rate, lock top speed at 55mph, use software to cut off the engine when driving patterns indicate intoxication or sleepiness, and you're probably 90% of the way there in a car with modern safety features.

 

[Jbird]

I take it the people at Volvo haven't seen all the youtube videos on the way the Russians drive?

 

[el diablo]

They will eject all passengers in crashes above 55 MPH. Didn't die in the car.

 

[Knox in Box]

 

[Tiltsta]

It is possible now, but no one wants a tube roll cage, 5 point belts and a HANS device/helmet, and window nets/intrusion devices in their daily driver.

I think cars certainly can be safer, and volvo has a long history as a leader in safety measures, but I doubt they can get to a zero fatality rate and still have an affordable and easy to use car.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

They will eject all passengers in crashes above 55 MPH. Didn't die in the car.

You stole my line.

 

[mikesr1963]

In Chicago someone will die inside a Volvo.

 

[DFB]

If you drive a Volvo you are already dead inside.

 

[el diablo]

You stole my line.

The intraweb-net-space-book is a cold, uncaring place.
Perhaps if you were to forgo all semblance of normal , everyday life (ie sleep, relationships, work) you could post those thoughts in a more timely fashion.

 

[dougk]

If you drive a Volvo you are already dead inside.

Hey now I love my volvos.

But yeah. This seems ambitious. Good goals though

 

[Coralkong]

"The Audi A4, Kia Sorento, Lexus RX 350, Subaru Legacy, Toyota Highlander and Volvo XC90, among midsize vehicles, scored an overall death rate of zero for the years examined by the study.

The Honda Odyssey, Toyota Sequoia and Mercedes-Benz GL class were the large or very large vehicles that also had zero deaths during the study period."

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-report-on-driver-deaths-20150129-story.html

 

[Phil513]

I haven't died in my Chevy Blazer. I win.

 

[jp_nyc]

If you drive a Volvo you are already dead inside.

It all depends on the model. Some of those sedans and SUVs with the big turbocharged engines are sweet cars.

 

[Flamencology]

I haven't died in my Chevy Blazer. I win.

Note how Phil didn't say "nobody's died in my Chevy". Clever serial killers and their technicalities.

 

[Phil513]

Note how Phil didn't say "nobody's died in my Chevy". Clever serial killers and their technicalities.

If those hookers didn't keep demanding to be paid . . . .

 

[mikesr1963]

I like this one. Cars, not so much.