WELCOME TO THE SMASH LAB: At the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, cars die so that you can live

摘要

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Ruckersville, Virginia, has a history lesson in the lobby. That's where it displays the 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air that it crashed into a 2009 Chevy Malibu to demonstrate the progress in safety over the past 50 years. The Malibu's front end is annihilated, but its passenger compartment looks practically undisturbed. The Bel Air, however, looks like it cruised straight out of one of those gruesome old driver's ed safety videos. Cue the voice-over: "Jimmy was on his way to the prom when he decided to try a little street racing..."