Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Watching IIHS test semi trailers for safety is frightening

Watching IIHS test semi trailers for safety is frightening

"Underride." That's a word you'll want to add to your glossary of horrifying fates. It describes the action of a car sliding under a semi trailer at speed, with results that sometimes aren't pretty to look at - the kind this Corvette driver only managed to escape by ducking. As part of its Inside the IIHS video series, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety takes a look at what its discovered in its underride testing.

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