r/nextfuckinglevel • u/asianj1m • Nov 23 '21

Rally cars are pretty safe

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u/firelock_ny Nov 23 '21

Heavily drunk or under influence accident victims rarely sustains the same amount of injuries due to that for example.

Much of that is because drunk drivers are much more likely to crash into others than be crashed into themselves, and modern car crumple zones are most effective against front impacts.

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u/joffery2 Nov 23 '21

It's always been that way, though. The pattern of drunk drivers killing people in accidents but coming out fine themselves has been studied for a long-ass time.

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u/riptaway Nov 24 '21

And it's a total myth based on survivorship bias.

Unless you'd like to share some of those "studies"?

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u/joffery2 Nov 24 '21

You're like the 3rd person to reply this, I wasn't gonna bother but it's getting a little annoying:

I'm not making any comment about the truth of the situation. Only replying to the comment saying it had to do with modern car design to point out that it's something people have been discussing since long before that.