<story><title>How do cars fare in crash tests they&apos;re not specifically optimized for? (2020)</title><url>https://danluu.com/car-safety/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>enragedcacti</author><text>&amp;gt; Unfortunately, if we get into a car accident, we don&amp;#x27;t get to ask the driver of the vehicle we&amp;#x27;re colliding with to change their location, angle of impact, and speed, in order for the collision to comply with an IIHS, NHTSA, or *NCAP, test protocol.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m smitten with the stupid idea of teaching your self-driving car that when a crash can&amp;#x27;t be avoided it should attempt to make the crash as close as possible to the nearest crash test protocol of the jurisdiction it&amp;#x27;s operating in.</text></comment>
<story><title>How do cars fare in crash tests they&apos;re not specifically optimized for? (2020)</title><url>https://danluu.com/car-safety/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ericpauley</author><text>&amp;gt; All of those models scored Good on the driver side small overlap test, indicating that when Honda increased the safety on the driver&amp;#x27;s side to score Good on the driver&amp;#x27;s side test, they didn&amp;#x27;t apply the same changes to the passenger side.&lt;p&gt;This is an especially concerning observation for Honda. I&amp;#x27;m curious if there&amp;#x27;s any more detail on this or if there&amp;#x27;s a plausible reason aside from gaming the benchmarks (e.g., the positioning of firewall-forward components might naturally favor small-overlap protection on the driver&amp;#x27;s side, or a steering-wheel mounted airbag would naturally perform better than dash-mounted).</text></comment>