Brazilian made vehicles of Death
05-13-2013, 02:43 AM
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Brazilian made vehicles of Death
Brazilian made vehicles of Death.
This is interesting,
An analysis of Health Ministry data shows that 9,059 car occupants died in vehicle crashes in Brazil in 2010, according to the most recent statistics available. That same year, 12,435 people in the U.S. were killed in car crashes, though the U.S. passenger car fleet is five times larger than Brazil's. The result: Brazilian automobile crash victims died at four times the rate as those in the U.S.
The dangers come down to basics, engineers said: the lack of body reinforcements, lower-quality steel in car bodies, weaker or fewer weld spots to hold the vehicles together and car platforms designed decades before modern safety advances.
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/ap-impac...191853931.html
Wonder how many of these inferior cars make it in to the United States?
Jim
This is interesting,
An analysis of Health Ministry data shows that 9,059 car occupants died in vehicle crashes in Brazil in 2010, according to the most recent statistics available. That same year, 12,435 people in the U.S. were killed in car crashes, though the U.S. passenger car fleet is five times larger than Brazil's. The result: Brazilian automobile crash victims died at four times the rate as those in the U.S.
The dangers come down to basics, engineers said: the lack of body reinforcements, lower-quality steel in car bodies, weaker or fewer weld spots to hold the vehicles together and car platforms designed decades before modern safety advances.
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/ap-impac...191853931.html
Wonder how many of these inferior cars make it in to the United States?
Jim
05-13-2013, 12:42 PM
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What about other factors, like alcohol/drugs, seat belt use, texting, road conditions etc...
My truck was made in Mexico...its tight!
My truck was made in Mexico...its tight!
05-13-2013, 03:06 PM
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I think these are the economy cars made for their own people, like the ones they drive in Russia or what ever it is called today.
These only have a 1 star rating on a crash test.
They said they have pretty nasty road conditions there.
These only have a 1 star rating on a crash test.
They said they have pretty nasty road conditions there.
05-13-2013, 09:24 PM
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You cannot put into perspective until you ride it on a bicycle...
I miss that crazy discovery network show.
05-14-2013, 01:54 AM
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Yeah, I'd get to the end of that road, turn around, and say there ain't nothing I need to see that bad down that-a-ways. With some choice words tossed in the mix.
05-14-2013, 05:18 AM
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Wonder if they are like the Kamikaze pilots that had their funeral before they left on their mission?
You would think at this rate that after awhile there wouldn't Brazilian people left, just an empty country full of used mangled bodies.
J
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05-14-2013, 07:18 AM
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Wow thats nuts like they all have a death wish, that looks like the old road down from Crystal Lake.
Wonder if they are like the Kamikaze pilots that had their funeral before they left on their mission?
You would think at this rate that after awhile there wouldn't Brazilian people left, just an empty country full of used mangled bodies.
J
Wonder if they are like the Kamikaze pilots that had their funeral before they left on their mission?
You would think at this rate that after awhile there wouldn't Brazilian people left, just an empty country full of used mangled bodies.
J
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