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bookofjoe —

The YouTube caption: "The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety conducted a unique crash test to demonstrate the advances in motor vehicle safety over the last 50 years. In this test, a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu and a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air...

add comment 11/10/2009

Straightline —

How far has crashworthiness progressed in 50 years? The Insurance Institute for Highway (IIHS) finds out, with the help of a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu and a '59 Chevy Bel Air. Now we wonder if any of the insurance companies who fund the IIHS will continue to write policies for classic cars.

add comment 17/09/2009

Up to Speed —

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety turned 50 this week. Did it celebrate by having some friends throw a party? By getting lame birthday cards about being ‘one foot in the grave’? No, it went a traditional route and bought...

add comment 17/09/2009

KickingTires —

When the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration takes up new standards for its crash test next year, its officials will do well to keep in mind this much-trafficked video from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety showing a collision between...

add comment 07/10/2009

Field Gulls —

Since Scruffy is out with a rib injury*, I'll have to be the Seneca to his Hasselbeck. Here I go with some overthrown balls, and scampers out of bounds five yards behind the line of scrimmage... *Not really, he's just on the road and can't put up a video preview this week. I consulted with a psychic this week to try to see how the Seahawks would do. It didn't go so well: Shutouts against Jacksonville...

add comment 11/12/2009

Political Wrinkles —

YouTube - Crash test: 1959 Chevy Bel AirAnd for those that don't believe there was an engine in the '59, Yes, The IIHS-Crashed '59 Chevy Had An...

add comment 12/10/2009

Notes From The UndergroundBastard —

add comment 15/12/2009

Personal Injury and Social Security —

I can't vouch for the scientific validity of this video showing a staged crash between a 1959 Chevy and a 2009 Chevy, but it's certainly interesting. I'm old enough to have started driving not too long after 1959, and I...

add comment 22/10/2009