The problem with a lot of this safety technology, is that it makes drivers lazy and reckless. I work in the auto industry and have customers tell me that they don't shoulder check anymore because the sensors will prevent a crash, but that's the exact reason why they did crash. I actually see no reduction in accidents from what i've seen. I personally hate driving new cars because of all the distractions and terrible visibility. That being said I prefer driving my 30 year old daily driver mainly because of the way better visibility, simple one glance look at the controls and it being made out of excellent materials and not disposable crap.
I can agree about visibility, some cars are terrible. Distractions are distractions if you let them distract you. Get one with steering wheel controls. Don't even need to look at the knobs or even fiddle with one hand off the wheel, unlike old radios.
1984318i what you’re practically saying is that we are automatically bad drivers as soon as we step inside our cars the tech inside it doesn’t make us lazy it helps improve in areas where you can likely get hurt
Newer cars do tend to have worse visibility than older ones. although I do concede that this is a trade off for better roll over protection(I also believe bigger or curved mirrors would be a better solution than electronics to fix this). As for tech I believe the new "infotainment" systems do a lot to promote distracted driving. These new systems make drivers feel like they can take calls, receive and reply to text messages, scroll through menus for music, and fiddle with the electronic display while they drive. Beyond that newer cars are starting to put comfort features like A/C and heating on these displays, making the previously tactile distraction into a visual and tactile distraction as you now have to both look an take one hand off the wheel to change these settings. Newer cars however will almost always be safer in the event of an accident, but the question is does this make up for grooming drivers to be less safe.
Zack Hewitt this distracted driving bullshit is worse with your older jalopies because the newer cars have it to where if you get a call on your phone and it’s Bluetooth all you have to do is press a button on your steering wheel to take the call and what do you guys that pick up the phone to take a call have to say for yourselves because you don’t have that tech
I don't care what anyone says. You're not taking my classics away from me. One of my dream cars is a 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS. I absolutely love that automobile. It's almost 50 years old. So what? It's still a beautiful car and I'd drive it with confidence and a smile on my face. All cars, like any materialistic item, can be dangerous. Just be safe with it. That's not hard to do.
@@V_For_Vigilante im not old but classic cars have style and soul and they are creative colorful things man the nice fins and the modern cars are just cheap plastic that are good at giving speed tickets (Lamborghini s) everything looks the same nowadays
look when it comes down to it, I will never buy a brand new vehicle. hell 20 years from now I probably won't want a 2017 vehicle, because now with all these different innovations to help drivers do shit they shoulda been doing in the first place, they are a pain in the ass to work on and very expensive to fix
Yes i don't believe I will get a new car. There is far too much tec in new cars. Most are borring or ugly and the metal is very thin. It also costs alot more to fix the tec. I do as much work as I can on my car.
I understand your frustration with new tech being harder to fix and simply, more to go wrong in the first place. But some features, like abs and more airbags, along with better absorption of impacts through better design (because of better simulation and design software), why risk your life? To save a few bucks? Won't help when your dead... Yes, things like lane departure technology shouldn't be needed, but look at tesla for example. If it detects a car coming into your lane, it'll avoid the car. Maybe you would have seen it and avoided it, but odds are, your paying attention more to whats in front of you way more then what the guy to the side of you is doing. I pride myself on keeping a 3d map of what's going on around me while driving, and I've never hit another car. But didn't stop someone from changing lanes right into me. I was trying to watch for potholes (SF Streets are the worst) and he was in my blind spot. No time to watch him switch lanes into me. This is where technology will save lives. It's not about replacing the driver to me (though that is the end goal) as much as it is about avoiding other drivers mistakes that could cost you.
Rocket Boards yes my car has a 5 star crash test rating and airbags so I'm good. And that tec does not always work and Tesla has lots of tec problems. The model x is very unreloable and 300mi range is pretty poor. I get farther in my v8.
and there still isnt anything that would tell you about your tyre wear, yea they have pressure sensors now but bad tyres can still cause all kinds of issues
Safer huh? I got a 85 C10 Chevy truck. I got T-boned in an intersection and it totaled a newer midsize SUV. All I had to do is replace a rocker panel. They went to the hospital and I drove home. So you tell me what is safer
not every new car is safer than an old one but generally speaking a modern car will be safer than an older one ofcourse there are some exceptions and it also depends on the size of the vehicles in a crash.
taz874 I've seen other videos that explain newer cars relying more on frame structure for a crash than the car around it. If they implemented that modern day technology on the frames with metal cars other than the plastic and other lightweight metal such as aluminum I think they could combine both to make a really truly safe car. I had a friend wreck a 1977 Ford into a semi head on and he walked away. The only main problem with that crash was the steering column was forced into him. Still minor injuries but I believe solid steel would fare better in a crash.
Do You just think about yooure self? if the people in the other car did the same you wold be injured because of the weight of their car of perhaps you need a german tigertank to be safe
Burnotto yeah I do think only about myself. I drive a road-legal tank while everyone else drives plastic cars. I chose my safety over their reliability and fuel efficiency so yes that would be on them for driving a plastic car. I know my truck can hurt someone. The lady I bought it from me gave a long speech about that before I even got the keys
You were fine because it wasn't another 85 C10 who T-boned you, the crash was absorbed by the newer car. But if you had been rear ended or into a head on you would have feel the pain.
They are. However, they also have fewer interior distractions and command a more focused driver. At a certain point, you have to accept the risk you're taking and drive more defensively.
The older 60's - 70's Chrysler full size C body luxury cars are extremely safe. These vehicles were banned from demolition derby because they could not be destroyed. I'll just strip out the drive train a 76 Dodge Royal Monaco Brougham, convert it to electric and fill the floorboards and trunk floor with batteries and have the safest vehicle on the road with a better range than a Tesla at 1/6th the cost with plenty of leg and passenger room.
MrJohnnyDistortion The thing is that sure, they didn’t crumple when it, but all that force goes to the driver which makes it dangerous. Modern cars crumple so they can absorb impact instead of it going to the driver or passengers.
I ride a Harley in a state that doesn't require helmets(I'll never wear one)and drive a 1977 Chevrolet pickup in the winter. I'm in my mid-twenties and all my friends wonder how I've never been in an accident and still alive while they're driving new compacts.
older cars lacks of safety because elderly generation isn't lacking of intelligence to drive it. Nowadays cars full of safety features because nowadays generation lacks of intelligence to drive it.
Weirdly enough it seems like humans are actually getting smarter with time (Has to do with better quality of life and education), so how do you explain that?
Home of the Mad then choose not to use it except for certain situations. I guess you'll blame the internet for choosing to attempt to insult people as well! People don't look behind them when they have a rear view mirror, yet you wouldn't call that "tech". So that cam example, not so good.
I think that people, to some degree, compensate. I drove a 1947 Willlys Jeep in high school, in the late 90s to early 2000s. I knew it would kill me if I let it, so I learned to drive very cautiously. People may be less cautious in cars with all the latest safety tech, knowing full well they probably won't die in even a severe crash.
You have a point. I drive a 1980 Pickup most of the time. I drive cautious and under the speed limit knowing that I'm a goner if I crash. (No airbags, rusted out frame, trash seatbelts and no safety features to speak of.) When borrowing a parent's newer vehicle I'm much more likely to haul ass.
I have a 16 year old Mustang with just over 152k miles on the odometer. I know how my car handles and brakes and have avoided many accidents with newer cars because idgits round here don't know how to drive.
I rolled my 1984 f250 going 60mph into a ditch backwards(hit black ice) the truck came to a stop upsidedown, walked away with only a cut on my hand from punching out the remaining of the glass on the drivers side window. the cab had collapsed in the middle of the roof but the posts stood ridged. I was wearing seat belt. when the state trooper pulled up she couldn't belive I had survived it let alone walked away from it without any assistance. I rather have a solid frame than a unibody any day. since it was all cosmetic damage I replaced every body panel and still driving it today lol.
Whats wrong with trucks? They are more safe in an accident than a car. I personally drive a 1966 F250 but it lacks seat belts so it might be a different story for me lol
I still will take the older car, the older car has history, plus if you were to put it in a junk yard it would be hard to get rid of it, my motto is recycle and reuse besides they made thousands of these cars how many ever got into an accident, what 1 percent not worried drive safely and you will be fine, if you are going to die you will do so driving what you like and beside this buy new crap is just a ploy by the do gooders to get you to buy into their plan of one earth were everybody is the same (human robot)
As well as promoting safety through fear. They aren't mutually exclusive. But sure, you can see it whatever way you want, drive whatever you want to drive, but the likelihoods of death won't change. I'd rather have the reality that I "fell victim" to consumerism and bought a newer car and survived an accident than died because I was too stubborn, stupid, and paranoid to look at the research.
Exactly, It seems like a more accurate title is "Newer cars are safer" rather than "Older cars are more dangerous", I say it according to the content of the video, but, why not scare people
Yep, and also if anyone else is good around you, I could drive extremely safe and cross an intersection and get side impacted on the driver's side from a red light runner and wind up dead. :) bad drivers are everywhere sadly :(
Tyler Hanson I agree. My dad owns a 70's muscle car at times and we're fine. I mean a crash can happen but It's mostly the driver. Ps, it's a 46 yr old car!
Terrence Banton Not necessarily true. Its not about avoiding accidents, its about the car properly and successfully protecting you if you are in one. The older the car, the more likely you are to die due to older technology or lack thereof. You can be a world class driver, but if someone hits you and you roll over in your 1964 Caddy, you're probably gonna die from lack of airbags, inadequate seat belts, etc. But if someone hits you in your 2017 Caddy, you're significantly more likely to live due to Side curtain and Front airbags, crumple zones, improved seatbelts, etc.
charger master After April 1, 1989 airbags became standard in automobiles The 1973 Oldsmobile toronado was the first car equipped with airbags it was optional back then
DAMN DUDE, cant say I'm surprised 😂 my mom had a 69 VW Squareback, it was in a wreck with a Corolla before she bought it. The guy who sold it to her said the Corolla was WRECKED Naturally, German steel held through. Barely a dent in the VW
Yeah in reality they are finding out how not so smart those stupid 1/4 size cars are. Contrary to the bullshit media on those cars they don't get that great of fuel economy, and they're by far not safe on the road...especially with today's moron drivers who are not paying attention and try to pull out in front of full size trucks, buses, semi-trucks, trains, etc.
Our scoutmaster had one, we packed that thing full of camp gear and all the boys. Did a great job, find one with the 6.2L diesel, it'll run forever, everything else will fall apart around the engine LOL.
I drive a 1989 bronco II with no airbags. I've been rear ended twice. Both times the car that hit me had to get multiple body panels replaced, while I was able to unbend my bumper using the wench on my friend's jeep. What do they mean newer cars are built better lol...
I refuse to buy a car past the year 2002. That is as far advanced I am willing to go. And I am a young man myself. I grew up learning how to work on old American cars with my dad, and love everything about them. Design, class, soul, feel, and of course the fact that you can actually work on your own car without having to have 20 computers just to "diagnose" the damn thing! Retro cars for life.
Yes, but it's much easier to work on then stuff from 2017. Around the early 2000's things started getting more and more advanced and complicated- but I can still manage my way around most of those things. Past that, however, and things start giving me a headache.
To hell with this. What we need to fix is human impatience. People get more complacent with their own recklessness and hazardous lack of patience, always being in a hurry, when you make vehicles more airbag/seatbelt/crushzone laden. All of the safety is compensated for: You feel safer, you tend to take more needless risks. I don't have a modern car, and think myself better off for it. I'm willing to take my chances. The only technology that will make us safer is a self-driven car. I will take the robot cabbies should they ever take off, but I will never want nor need a modern vehicle.
+TheNotverysocial I find lane departure an absolutely worthless feature as it often gives a warning when you have not crossed the lane and rain , snow,poorly painted lines, and even leaves on the road interfere with it.
Patchuchan MM-HM. The only extra technology we need are automated cars, that's it. Impatience and recklessness coupled with multi ton vehicles is a recipe for disaster. The only electronic equipment I have when on residential or city streets is my mobile, and I usually refrain from its excessive use. Most people can't keep their hands away from their mobiles for more than one minute. In fact, I often go days without using it. As I post this, I'm using a laptop. I don't even have a radio except at home in my bedroom. I watch the road and try not to be out past dusk unless I have a good reason.
Patchuchan As I said before, I would never have it either, only as a taxicab. As is, staying alert and removing/disabling everything electronic is your best bet when on the road. If I need to call somebody I can always use the phone after I re enable it.
+TheNotverysocial I drive a 55 GMC with no seatbelts or any other safety features. I rather die in a classic then in a modern turd bucket. Some of my car enthusiast acquatences freak when they hear that I had power no nothing except horsepower.
My 17-year- old car received a five star crash test rating. Front and side airbags were standard equipment in it. I feel perfectly safe driving it. I'm not retiring my car anytime soon. New automobiles have seen drastic jumps in cost of ownership due to the increasing expenses of repairs.
I personally feel much safer in my old 1978 F150 than I would in anything modern with electronic throttle and/or electric steering. I've been in cars when the electronic throttle malfunctioned, and I was driving one when the electric steering stopped accepting input from the steering wheel. At least I know my old outdated truck will never malfunction that dangerously. But I digress. Driving an older vehicle without modern electronic "safety" features forces you to pay attention and drive more safely. No amount of "safety" features will ever be a substitute for safe driving practices, but unfortunately most people think otherwise.
From what I've heard, 9/10 cars that existed before the 1980's were destined to be coffins in crashes anywhere near 25 mph or above. More cars, starting in the 1970's had lap belts, but they didn't help that much, especially since they were rarely being used. It really wasn't until the early 1980's when automotive crashworthiness became a real concern.
The only tech cars need now is a cell phone jammer. You shouldn't be on your phone unless you're parked. As a highway construction worker, I see more on their phones then not.
I dont seem to be alone in this. I drive a car older than I am, it has fantastic visibility and excellent handling. I will admit, that it does not have airbags, and it may not handle a rollover very well, but it feels pretty solid. It has a manual transmission, so even if my brakes fail, i can still downshift. I actually downshift a lot, meaning i generally decelerate well in advance and pace myself such that i only need my brakes when coming to complete stops or in emergencies. I tried to park my friend's newer car and it had so many buttons and switches (and blind spots) i gave up and asked him to move his own car in my driveway. New cars are meant to handle accidents better because they are more likely to be involved in one.
Nice commercial for the car industry, buy buy buy, the more electronic nick nacks the better. That people think they can then with all these modern helpers drive more aggressively does not come to mind? I´m sticking with my old car I can service myself without the help of computers and IT-specialists.
Servicing cars with electronics may not necessarily be that hard if you've got the tool to help with diagnostics. It really is not so different than working on an older car. People just don't like to, or find it harder to learn.
Rennie Ash you obviously dont know shit about cars what the OP means is that everything is crammed in the engine bay that is is a real chore to even service thats not including changing belts other fluids like transmission fluid which is usually crammed right down in the bottom
The drain plugs are in a similar spot. And the problem is that people don't want to learn - how do you explain they always complain about the electronics? I have a car with "crammed components" I still managed to replace the "lifetime" transmission fluid. I've also fixed cv joints, gaskets, exhaust, Ford Falcon doors, hybrid battery, timing belts, other random components. I think I know enough about cars to comment on a topic about cars :)
lol..then how come everyone i know who drives a "classic" has been in no more than 1 accident their whole life (ok my 80 yr old grandmother finally got in her 2nd...driving her caddy in a snowstorm) and every friend who drives a newer car..has had at least 3? I drive a 90s miata..closest thing to an accident is some idiot hit my door when I was parked. (he was in a newer car too) it's the driver, not the car. new cars are flimsy AF.
Aalihte I see the point you’re trying to make but where in the video does it say you’re more prone to car accidents in an older car? You sound ignorant. It says you are statistically at greater risk to die in a car accident in an older than newer car, not be in a car accident. Also you’re comparing a 28 year old car to new cars. I’m willing to bet you there are more less then 10 year old cars on the road than 28 year old cars. Obviously the newer cars will statistically have a higher amount of accidents because there is more of them. That is not what the video is about. How many “classics” do you see as daily drivers? They are not practical cars. You’re comparing ancient cars more than a quarter century old. Good for your grandma being in very little accidents. Not everyone drives a car older than you. I doubt her driving a classic has hardly anything to do with the statistics of this video.
Your comment is irrelevant to the video's point. It said nothing about driving an older car making you more probable to crash, but that when you do you are more likely to die/get injured. But, to answer your point: It may be possible that people get complacent in new vehicles. I know that, personally, I drive my 1980 Pickup slower and more cautiously than a new vehicle. But if I were go crash my pickup I would be worse off, so I compensate.
i have a class A CDL. i can drive an 18 wheeled tractor trailer, i dont need "features", i can handle an 10 speed eaton non syncro transmission, air brakes, double clutching, jake brakes, ect ect. which brings me to another point. i now have a local job so frankly its not as bad as constant thruway driving. the lack of knowledge of people operating cars IS the problem. learn how to drive people. respect trucks. they dont stop like cars. stop cutting off my following distance. the big distance between me and the truck ahead of me is no for show, that's so if i have to slow down i have space. i am a professional driver not one of these dinks that drives tractor trailers and tailgates, dangerous and stupid. OH and for the love of god STOP going from the left lane to the exits and not even using a turning signal. i cant count how many times some asshole did that. go the the left lane and then go to the exit, not one sweeping motion in front of a truck. want to make people safer drivers. make them get behind the wheel of a tractor trailer and drive it around a closed test course to get a license to operate a car. make them learn how to check their air pressure with a gauge, check their lights, check their oil, check their own brakes and suspension. the biggest problem, too many idiots on the road with too little knowledge of safe automobile operation. i have 2 1991 cavaliers and a 1996 camaro Z28. i do not need or want a newer car. they are more complex more to go wrong. they more expensive and bring massive amounts of debt with them. we dont need more dumb features WE need people to learn how to drive.
Great points there. I'm a class B driver and I regularly drive a 28,000+ pound vehicle that takes at least 5-6 seconds to come to a complete stop at highway speeds. People in regular cars and trucks piss me off to no end because they cut you off at random and they do it at very close distances like I'm driving a regular car. To make it even worse, they don't even use turn signals to communicate that they're about to change lanes or make a turn. Because of stupid people like that, I have to go out of my way and take additional precaution and drive paranoid expecting everybody in standard vehicles to randomly cut me off without signaling at a distance of 5 feet or less. Then there's the idiots that ride so close to the back of the commercial vehicle that they're hiding in one of your worst blind spots. I think that all commercial vehicles should have a sticker on the back of it that says "If You Can't See My Mirror, I Can't See You." Maybe that will remind them of what they're actually doing.
Texting while driving, playing with infotainment system, driving under the influence, driving tired, driving too fast are all much more likely to cause an accident than the type of vehicle you are driving!
Yeah the thing is with modern cars there a crap ton more distractions than they had in Old cars. Like in modern cars the car might just beep at you or you have to access most things in the infotainment.
I drive a gold 1998 Buick Century Custom with 2 airbags and ABS daily. My other Century is a sapphire blue 1992 Special with a 3.3L V6 and made of mostly metal instead of plastic. She has a solid, commanding feeling on the road, not to mention a surprising amount of power from a stop. Seatbelts are the only safety devices on this baby. No ABS or airbags on this car. Yet she's clocked 179,000 miles safely. She's only been hit once by a woman driving one of these so-called smarter SUVs. Too bad the car couldn't tell her snow was still going to be slippery. You don't need a smarter, high-tech car. You need smarter, more educated drivers who don't have to rely on the car to fill in where skills are lacking. I'd take an old car any day.
are you nuts? who would pay $35,000 for a 3 year old car if they could buy a new one for $5,000 more? it drops in value more than that the second you drive it off the lot!
Most new cars look like bloated jelly beans. I can barely tell a Hyundai from a Ford or Toyota nowadays. I'll take older vehicles anyday. Less electronic crap to break down in the future. I see a lot of these new cars going to a scrap heap, restorations will be rare. I'm quite happy with my 97 Sunfire I've had for years. Gets 35 mpg, has airbags,easy to work on, ABS and is safe because I am a very careful driver. I think the real problem is most people who drive have no business behind the wheel...
Eric Sartana Just because you're a careful driver doesn't mean a car is safe. If you DO get in a wreck, the car needs to hold up and keep its occupants safe inside. The older the car, the older the technology, the less safe it is. It's fact. Id rather be a shitty driver in a safe car than a good driver in a deathtrap.
The problem these days, i don't have to drive safer because the newest model has the most safety features. Shows some people have more money than brains. The reason i drive older cars, because buying a new one is so expensive you better pray you don't get into a wreck with it, if you can even afford one.
Age is a factor but the car itself is. My '93 Roadmaster is built very well. It has an airbag, and reinforced side pillars to make it safer in side impacts according to an add I saw. I've heard stories about people getting into very serious accidents in the old Panthers and BBodies and walking away with no injuries. I'd assume the same with an old Volvo or Mercedes.
I'm Still Driving a 1993 Ford Taurus GL 3.8L Essex V6 with original four speed automatic transmission with over 90 thousand original And it has duel air bags..The new dash was also designed to contain a passenger's side airbag, a first of its kind It was optional in 1991 in 1992 models, and became standard in 1993, making the Taurus the first car of its kind to have dual front airbags.
How is this news? Well duh older vehicles are not safer because it was your responsibility to keep yourself safe dafuq? I used to drive a '96 Honda Civic and boy I'm telling you it was the most fun I had in a car, now I drive a 2012 Malibu and I have never felt more numb in my life.
my trucks are from 87 and 90. they may be old, built like tanks, and have no air bags what so ever but they taught me to be aware of everything and how to drive them safely and efficently. all this extra stuff is nice and all but I personally feel it makes ALLOT of people complacent.
30 year old Jeep rolled 2 dozen times. landed upside down. walked away untouched. 20 year old jeep wedged between two semis - second semi lost brakes and sandwiched me. again. walked away untouched. still have that jeep.new car would've crumpled up and killed me instantly. #olderdiditbetter.
While everything in this video is perfectly accurate, I think what the makers of these sorts videos always fail to realise is that the people they're targeting with their safety massage are already fully aware of what they're saying and don't give a shit. People buy old cars because they like old cars. It's not like this is news to any of them. I did like the point about seatbelts being less effective on older cars. This something I've always been aware of, but most people never think of. I find it's always assumed that seatbelts are always the #1 safety device, but I'd honestly rather not wear one in some cars.
@@V_For_Vigilante If you think so just keep your dreams to yourself because in reality those plastics disintegrate or otherwise shatter to become nice little projectiles into your body, just ask the surgeons they'll really wake you up to how unsafe all that crap is in your new car.
+HunterShows They are not. Your most likely crap. I own a car fro m2014. Has been keyed. Had that buffed out. And it also hit a pole. Leaving a huge scratch and dent. But it runs perfectly. So why don't you move on to the modern world idiot.
@@erica-lillycrider1088 Ford and Mercury's 90 and 91s are the (generally) best for safety out of all those wagons; they have 3 point seat belts for the outboard passengers in the middle and they also have an air bag for the driver (though I think they recalled the air bags at some point.) My 90's odometer and coolant temperature gauge broke, though. Another issue is the transmission's Throttle Valve Cable Grommet (from stock) is garbage and it needs replaced with a brass one. Other Ford cars of that time need the same grommet replaced.
so..... on my way to work one day in my 1972 Chrysler Newport 440 V8 in the year 2016 a lady pulled in front of me with her 2012 Nissan quest and I t-bone her at 35 MPH she when to the hospitals and her van was a total loss. Me no major damage to me or my car at all and I still when to work put in 8 hrs of work and drove home on the freeway doing 80 MPH :) BUT, accounting to this video i was 71% more likely to die? O_o hmmm....... Maybe you should tale her she is in a much safer car then i was that will make her feel better. LOL & BTW she was found a FAULT in the car accident failure to yield to on coming traffic.
This makes the idiots feel better with their new cars .My buddy had a 1970 Newport is was a beast we would all pile in the back to smoke oil off a torch and hot knives when he gunned it that massive hood would lift and we would be pinned to the back seat great car good memories is 1977.
Now swap roles and watch you go to the hospital for smashing your head on the Quest's hood, which tried valiantly to crumple so you received less damage, but it was in vain, because you had no airbag.
I drive a early 90's Merc Grand Marquis. I don't care how new your car is, My car and myself will come out of that wreak with minimum damage compare the tin foil cars of today. Alot of this is insurance companies not wanting to pay to fix cars as its cheaper to just toss a new car as totaled then it is to repair older vehicles after an accident.
My mom had one of those cars when i was younger. We got into an accident and if that russian lady didnt have a safty bumper on the front of her bullshit car, our car wouldn't of been damaged, and her car would of been totaled. Our car was still able to make it home. But it ended up needing a new gas tank, and several things to fix and sadly at the time we couldn't afford to fix anything except the back tale light. I loved that car. I loved everything about it. it had under 30k miles on it also. Eventually we had it towed away because my mom didn't feel like moving it so they took it away. My brothers still tease me about wanting one. I use to always say "I want a grande marquis when i get older". I'll never live that down. Still miss it to this day. That gray colored grand marquis would still be in style today! Gray is really popular right now! lol
The biggest problem (speaking from experience): The newer car will protect you from even very heavy crashes. You will get out fine, no problem. The problem is that even a mild or minor crash will almost destroy your vehicle. Both have pros and cons. Also the newer car will break down a lot more frequent mechanical wise.
True. The car body these days are paper thin, you cant sit on a car without making a dent. I remember my old honda civic 1994, you could punch the front and it would keep its shape
yeah older cars seem like more risk yet thats cause you guys drive on snow and salt damage done all those years affects the body structure. yet any car that hasn't seen salt damage from snow driving is gonna be safer still. and i had an accident with my 30 year old muscle car where the truck got written off yet i was able to drive it home and change the radiator support panel and she was good as new. try that in your new car lol
One way to look at this. Cars being produced today with modern safety equipment and technology-well 15-20 years from now people are going to be looking at these cars we drive today as being old cars that are not safe. Yet we consider them safe to drive. Come the year 2030 you will buy your teenager who is just starting to drive a 2017 used car and you will have people telling you that car is old-it is not safe. It does not have all the modern safety equipment our newer cars have!
The old American cars are really safe. I've been in Chevrolet Nova 1978 with my family ,rolled over 2 times and non of us got even an scratch! Today cars made from plastic and weak materials,just loaded with balloons to protect you.
TBH the "safety" of newer cars is partly a scam. Sure plastic filling might ease the inertia impact on your body, but if you're crashing into a heavier car or a wall, youll still die from the broken plastic shards and glass coming your way. BTW im 100% sure car manufacturers use special cars for their crash tests, when they're rich enough they can just bribe the safety regulators, its not impossible. In the end the safer cars are usually the heavier ones - SUV's, Jeeps - thats why ppl buy them nowadays.
A mate of mine is restoring a 1965 Vauxhall Viktor. I have a very modern car, let my friend drive it to learn the difference. He did not like it. He is very old school. He said he could not feel the road. The stop/start button confused him. He had a Ford Anglia you could start with a coin. I have been steadily upgrading my car to better and safer cars as i am getting older. My friend is going in the opposite direction fully restoring old cars from the ground up. I think he is living the dream of cruising slowly on the motorways and back roads like our parents did when we were young. Nostalgia
I drive a 71 F-100, and if you hit something it'll be just fine... Plus it's lasted 47 years, and I've completely rebuilt the motor and transmission so it'll still be running long after any cars made nowadays are
I drive a 20 year old Mercury Grand Marquis LS - 135,000 miles, well-kept. Such a smooth comfortable ride and the powered driver's seat with lumbar is just amazingly wonderful. People who care about me think I should buy a new car in order to be safer. Does an airbag in a steering wheel still work after 20 years? Frightening to hear I have a 70% chance of dying in a car accident with this car.
I don’t care if there more safe or dangerous these old bangers make the driver safe. You have no technology helping you so being in full awareness becomes second nature and you learn to not be lazy and drive the car
A safer driver is best! The things I’m really frustrated with new cars are the blind spots created by the side curtain airbags. When looking through a corner it’s like a tree that you need to look around. Before adding more pillows they need to figure out how to tighten the package. Another is ABS that’s too sensitive. When roads are rutted up from heavy traffic or resent road work coming up to a light some car’s tires will skip a bit on the ruts causing the ABS to go off when it shouldn't and they end up rear ending someone.
What I don't like about newer cards is that you cannot replace the factory stereo with your own setup. Ford, GM, Chrysler, and BMW do not allow for an aftermarket audio system to be put in
I drive both. I have brand new cars as well as a vintage 1954 Nash Ambassador. From a safety point, I'd rather be in a new car if I were in a wreck. The Nash steering column has the "cardiac arrester" horn button that will for sure crush the sternum of any unfortunate driver. However, I still feel safe in the Nash. If for no other reason, I drive it differently. I know a modern car can stop in half the distance the Nash can, so I drive accordingly. I keep about 3-5 seconds distance from the car ahead. I also know how dangerous the brakes can be. The old drum brakes can easily fade. You only have about 20 seconds of braking in any 3 minute period. I know it and drive accordingly. I use lower gears to maintain speed, NOT the brakes! I see people all the time coming down from the mountain resorts nearby and they will ride their brake all the way down. If you tried that on a 60 year old car, you would be over the cliff inside of a minute.
If you drive an old car that you love especially one qualified for an antique plate you should be a more respectable driver than a person who owns a WTF ever kind of car.
I'm a truck driver and I see people get killed a lot in newer cars. Safety features in cars aren't much especially in big accidents. Regardless of the year of the car, a crash is a crash.
Opinion: I have owned a couple of cars from the 1960s. PRO: Easy to work on, cheap to fix, look cool. CON: In their "stock form" can be over-powered ill handling death traps. Parts will be harder to find THE FIX: Get 4 good steel belted radial tires, Install a rear anti-sway bar, heavy duty shocks and seat belts
Ok, the last wreck I was in , I was driving a 1947 Chevy flat bed pickup. I hit a 1990s Monte Carlo broad side. The car folded up . The whole drivers side was demolished. In the past 20+ years I have driven only 1940s pickup trucks I have had several collisions with other things (not proud just like to drive Fast) and I've always been able to drive away. Keep in mind that my 40s vehicles are not all original, V8 engines, collapsing steering columns , independent front suspension, but basically stock bodies and frames. To be honest I would rather be in my 40s vehicles than the newer vehicles because I have seen how the new ones crumple up, I know they absorb more of the forces created in a crash and cushion the occupants but the Tanks I drive can cut the new vehicles in half, not to mention small trees, fences, utility poles, sign posts, Deer, Elk , (I live out in the country, Big Time Rural ) and other annoing things one encounters when breaking the speed limits. Speaking of Animals on the Road, I hit a deer at 65+ mph last fall, (I don't consider this a wreck) and with the Bumper setup I have he didn't do anything to the front of my pickup but he did spin around and put a small dent in the fender. I slowed down, turned and went back to check on him (I seen he was seriously injured in the rear view mirror) he was able to get away into the field. Then I called fish and game to take care of him drove home. If I had been in a newer vehicle? It would have totaled it. Even newer pickup trucks get wiped out by such things as this. I know, a guy here had a newer Dodge ram same thing happened to him and his truck was a mess. It cost him allo to just make it drivable again. Thanks for the video but I'm going to keep my old pickup trucks. Another thing I forgot to say, my 1946 Chevy pickup has four wheel disc breaks, I did away with the Anti Lock though that just Bugged the Hell out of me.
my 79 f250 got rear ended by a honda crv going at about 50 mph. i got punted 2 foot forward and my rear bumper an tailgate got dented up. the honda CRV was totaled the driver went to the hospital. i got out on my own free will. and called the police and checked on the driver that hit me.. ... so you tell me whats safer
Food for thought: If old cars are dangerous why do 20 to 30 year old cars still exists. They should have had an accident along time ago. Conversely, if new cars are so safe why do many end up in accidents? Answer: It really comes down more on the driver discipline, responsibility, concentration and maturity. Things that seem to be overlooked and eroded.
Cuba is a prime example. The old boats there may not have their original parts anymore, but they run well regardless. Top Gear US went to Cuba and Rutledge had a Bel Air(yes that Bel Air), that now had a Japanese Diesel engine and the frame of a Russian truck. No problems with whatsoever.
I disagree. We need more intense training through driver's ed. I couldn't believe easy it was to pass my driver's ed tests and get my driver's license. I think a 9 year old could pass it, if given a chance.
Airbags are really meant to protect those too stupid to wear seat belts. A person wearing a seat belt and shoulder harness gains very little from having an air bag; certainly not enough to justify the extra expense and danger.
Drop the garbage blind spot monitoring and get yourself those $3 blindspot mirrors at Walmart. Easily the best driver's accessory for constant lane changes.
You take this with a grain of salt, a teen in a old car? It's about the driver and experience on the road. I drive two vehicles. A pickup and a sedan. Both 22 years old each.
one of my cars is a 2000 Camry that I purchased brand new back in 99. it was one of the few cars that offered side-impact airbags and traction control. I have gotten so used to driving a car with trash control that recently I drove a very similar car but without that safety feature and literally almost Flew Over the side of a freeway on-ramp. I have been driving almost 20 years and always considered myself a good and safe driver but I guess I realize that my skills rely heavily on Modern de safety features more than skill.
Some of the smallest, most 'dangerous' cars are actually the safest. The mazda Miata, which is considered 'very unsafe', actually has an astoundingly low rate of single vehicle crash deaths. 20 per million miles, which is 2-4 times less than average cars which get 60-80 usually.
please realize that this was for mostly 90s model cars. Thank you. A 50s or 60s or early 70s american made car will rip threw most of this cars. And airbags harm more people than save.
The problem with a lot of this safety technology, is that it makes drivers lazy and reckless. I work in the auto industry and have customers tell me that they don't shoulder check anymore because the sensors will prevent a crash, but that's the exact reason why they did crash. I actually see no reduction in accidents from what i've seen. I personally hate driving new cars because of all the distractions and terrible visibility. That being said I prefer driving my 30 year old daily driver mainly because of the way better visibility, simple one glance look at the controls and it being made out of excellent materials and not disposable crap.
I can agree about visibility, some cars are terrible. Distractions are distractions if you let them distract you. Get one with steering wheel controls. Don't even need to look at the knobs or even fiddle with one hand off the wheel, unlike old radios.
There was someone that said blind spots don't exist. I wanted to slap that mofo in the face so badly. lol
1984318i what you’re practically saying is that we are automatically bad drivers as soon as we step inside our cars the tech inside it doesn’t make us lazy it helps improve in areas where you can likely get hurt
Newer cars do tend to have worse visibility than older ones. although I do concede that this is a trade off for better roll over protection(I also believe bigger or curved mirrors would be a better solution than electronics to fix this). As for tech I believe the new "infotainment" systems do a lot to promote distracted driving. These new systems make drivers feel like they can take calls, receive and reply to text messages, scroll through menus for music, and fiddle with the electronic display while they drive. Beyond that newer cars are starting to put comfort features like A/C and heating on these displays, making the previously tactile distraction into a visual and tactile distraction as you now have to both look an take one hand off the wheel to change these settings. Newer cars however will almost always be safer in the event of an accident, but the question is does this make up for grooming drivers to be less safe.
Zack Hewitt this distracted driving bullshit is worse with your older jalopies because the newer cars have it to where if you get a call on your phone and it’s Bluetooth all you have to do is press a button on your steering wheel to take the call and what do you guys that pick up the phone to take a call have to say for yourselves because you don’t have that tech
the only safty features in my car are my wits and my reaction time
doesnt seem like you have much
Silver N Black Mopar hahahaaaa,I think all this tech in cars has made newer generations more stupid.. I think we rely on tech too much these days 👍🏻
I drive a small 23 year old city car with no air bags or electronic safety equipment. see you all in the next life.
what car is it?
Potater .films A 1993 Nissan Micra 1.3 "Super S"
wao rare
***** they are actually rare in canada tho
I have a Fiat Uno, I bet no one of you has heard of it in US or Canada =)
I don't care what anyone says. You're not taking my classics away from me. One of my dream cars is a 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS. I absolutely love that automobile. It's almost 50 years old. So what? It's still a beautiful car and I'd drive it with confidence and a smile on my face. All cars, like any materialistic item, can be dangerous. Just be safe with it. That's not hard to do.
tezla by Elon musk
Damn your boomer mentality is strong
@@V_For_Vigilante ok zoomer you sound like you are jealous you can’t afford a 67 chevelle
@@V_For_Vigilante im not old but classic cars have style and soul and they are creative colorful things man the nice fins and the modern cars are just cheap plastic that are good at giving speed tickets (Lamborghini s) everything looks the same nowadays
@@cooljman1914 for me it's not how cars look the same but I just want a car that drives for goodness sake
look when it comes down to it, I will never buy a brand new vehicle. hell 20 years from now I probably won't want a 2017 vehicle, because now with all these different innovations to help drivers do shit they shoulda been doing in the first place, they are a pain in the ass to work on and very expensive to fix
Mountain_Man preach and in new cars you have a higher chance of becoming disable.
Yes i don't believe I will get a new car. There is far too much tec in new cars. Most are borring or ugly and the metal is very thin. It also costs alot more to fix the tec. I do as much work as I can on my car.
I understand your frustration with new tech being harder to fix and simply, more to go wrong in the first place. But some features, like abs and more airbags, along with better absorption of impacts through better design (because of better simulation and design software), why risk your life? To save a few bucks? Won't help when your dead... Yes, things like lane departure technology shouldn't be needed, but look at tesla for example. If it detects a car coming into your lane, it'll avoid the car. Maybe you would have seen it and avoided it, but odds are, your paying attention more to whats in front of you way more then what the guy to the side of you is doing. I pride myself on keeping a 3d map of what's going on around me while driving, and I've never hit another car. But didn't stop someone from changing lanes right into me. I was trying to watch for potholes (SF Streets are the worst) and he was in my blind spot. No time to watch him switch lanes into me. This is where technology will save lives. It's not about replacing the driver to me (though that is the end goal) as much as it is about avoiding other drivers mistakes that could cost you.
Rocket Boards yes my car has a 5 star crash test rating and airbags so I'm good. And that tec does not always work and Tesla has lots of tec problems. The model x is very unreloable and 300mi range is pretty poor. I get farther in my v8.
and there still isnt anything that would tell you about your tyre wear, yea they have pressure sensors now but bad tyres can still cause all kinds of issues
Safer huh? I got a 85 C10 Chevy truck. I got T-boned in an intersection and it totaled a newer midsize SUV. All I had to do is replace a rocker panel. They went to the hospital and I drove home. So you tell me what is safer
not every new car is safer than an old one but generally speaking a modern car will be safer than an older one ofcourse there are some exceptions and it also depends on the size of the vehicles in a crash.
taz874 I've seen other videos that explain newer cars relying more on frame structure for a crash than the car around it. If they implemented that modern day technology on the frames with metal cars other than the plastic and other lightweight metal such as aluminum I think they could combine both to make a really truly safe car. I had a friend wreck a 1977 Ford into a semi head on and he walked away. The only main problem with that crash was the steering column was forced into him. Still minor injuries but I believe solid steel would fare better in a crash.
Do You just think about yooure self? if the people in the other car did the same you wold be injured because of the weight of their car of perhaps you need a german tigertank to be safe
Burnotto yeah I do think only about myself. I drive a road-legal tank while everyone else drives plastic cars. I chose my safety over their reliability and fuel efficiency so yes that would be on them for driving a plastic car. I know my truck can hurt someone. The lady I bought it from me gave a long speech about that before I even got the keys
You were fine because it wasn't another 85 C10 who T-boned you, the crash was absorbed by the newer car. But if you had been rear ended or into a head on you would have feel the pain.
They are. However, they also have fewer interior distractions and command a more focused driver. At a certain point, you have to accept the risk you're taking and drive more defensively.
Dylan Lewis yah, and all that tech crap in the car will slow down and be useless in a couple of year. It's just 'throw away' culture.
Yeah if you want a car with fewer distractions get a car from 2002-2008 if it have radio buttons on the wheel
"How do I adjust this newer car's A/C? Oh, the screen? I liked the slider switch on my 82 Impala."
I just push the "Auto" button
You have not used a good touchscreen then.
the real question is
are older car awesome?? Hell yes!!!!
No they are not boomer
@@V_For_Vigilante 1980 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.
@@V_For_Vigilante have you seen supernatural?
Yeah they are!
drivers r dangerous not the cars
wrong
winterdemon's channel So its you then.
You are right about that
So the statistics are useless by your logic?
Well said
The older 60's - 70's Chrysler full size C body luxury cars are extremely safe. These vehicles were banned from demolition derby because they could not be destroyed. I'll just strip out the drive train a 76 Dodge Royal Monaco Brougham, convert it to electric and fill the floorboards and trunk floor with batteries and have the safest vehicle on the road with a better range than a Tesla at 1/6th the cost with plenty of leg and passenger room.
MrJohnnyDistortion The thing is that sure, they didn’t crumple when it, but all that force goes to the driver which makes it dangerous. Modern cars crumple so they can absorb impact instead of it going to the driver or passengers.
MrJohnnyDistortion the car won’t get destroyed but I want to see how you look like inside it when it crashed
No worries. I ride a motorcycle. I'll be thrown clear of any danger. Statistical FACT.
I ride a Harley in a state that doesn't require helmets(I'll never wear one)and drive a 1977 Chevrolet pickup in the winter. I'm in my mid-twenties and all my friends wonder how I've never been in an accident and still alive while they're driving new compacts.
Ross you sir are a idiot
TrapZ DraKo Shhhh, don't tell Ross, just let natural selection do it's thing.
SuperBizalz you'll be caught by angels
SuperBizalz over the bars and into oncoming traffic
older cars lacks of safety because elderly generation isn't lacking of intelligence to drive it. Nowadays cars full of safety features because nowadays generation lacks of intelligence to drive it.
True
Accidents were a thing back then too, what are you on about?
Yet the same old "intelligent" generation is responsible for many wars, and the housing market crash
@@Sh-hg8kf Burn!
Weirdly enough it seems like humans are actually getting smarter with time (Has to do with better quality of life and education), so how do you explain that?
Tech fetishists willfully ignore how tech has dumbed-down drivers and made them more likely to get into accidents in the first place.
So if you get into a car with tech, then you will be a shit driver immediately. Right. Ride a horse instead, then you'll be Einstein!
True, they have an iPhone, bigger than their face blocking the view.
+Rennie Ash
No dumbass. If you have a backup camera, you will less likely to look behind you, for example.
Home of the Mad then choose not to use it except for certain situations. I guess you'll blame the internet for choosing to attempt to insult people as well! People don't look behind them when they have a rear view mirror, yet you wouldn't call that "tech". So that cam example, not so good.
Agreed. Stupid is more common now.
I think that people, to some degree, compensate. I drove a 1947 Willlys Jeep in high school, in the late 90s to early 2000s. I knew it would kill me if I let it, so I learned to drive very cautiously. People may be less cautious in cars with all the latest safety tech, knowing full well they probably won't die in even a severe crash.
Good point. You must have had the only 1940's car in your schools parking lot! Jeez, that car was older than most of your teachers!
You have a point.
I drive a 1980 Pickup most of the time. I drive cautious and under the speed limit knowing that I'm a goner if I crash. (No airbags, rusted out frame, trash seatbelts and no safety features to speak of.)
When borrowing a parent's newer vehicle I'm much more likely to haul ass.
I drove a 46 Willy jeep in high school and you really do gain new sense of the road by driving one knowing what could happen to one self
I have a 16 year old Mustang with just over 152k miles on the odometer. I know how my car handles and brakes and have avoided many accidents with newer cars because idgits round here don't know how to drive.
Serenity Taylor and you don’t know how to make a valid argument
Elite falcon Gaming she wasn’t making one. She was just stating she doesn’t need a bunch of sensors to compensate for her driving skills.
My mustang is 52, no seatbelts, drym brakes, and no mirrors.
I rolled my 1984 f250 going 60mph into a ditch backwards(hit black ice) the truck came to a stop upsidedown, walked away with only a cut on my hand from punching out the remaining of the glass on the drivers side window. the cab had collapsed in the middle of the roof but the posts stood ridged. I was wearing seat belt. when the state trooper pulled up she couldn't belive I had survived it let alone walked away from it without any assistance. I rather have a solid frame than a unibody any day. since it was all cosmetic damage I replaced every body panel and still driving it today lol.
well there's your problem... you were driving a truck....
Whats wrong with trucks? They are more safe in an accident than a car. I personally drive a 1966 F250 but it lacks seat belts so it might be a different story for me lol
@@redtra236 trucks and body on frame increases your chance of rolling. You have to be trying really hard to get most unibody cars to roll.
I still will take the older car, the older car has history, plus if you were to put it in a junk yard it would be hard to get rid of it, my motto is recycle and reuse besides they made thousands of these cars how many ever got into an accident, what 1 percent not worried drive safely and you will be fine, if you are going to die you will do so driving what you like and beside this buy new crap is just a ploy by the do gooders to get you to buy into their plan of one earth were everybody is the same (human robot)
elizabeth v cherry Amen.
elizabeth v cherry your very rite here! All our parents , grandparents drove older cars obviously. I did for many years . Im still here!
Boomer alert
Promoting consumerism through fear.
Gianfranco Loli No, promoting intelligent choices through information.
What's the difference ?
As well as promoting safety through fear. They aren't mutually exclusive. But sure, you can see it whatever way you want, drive whatever you want to drive, but the likelihoods of death won't change. I'd rather have the reality that I "fell victim" to consumerism and bought a newer car and survived an accident than died because I was too stubborn, stupid, and paranoid to look at the research.
Exactly, It seems like a more accurate title is "Newer cars are safer" rather than "Older cars are more dangerous", I say it according to the content of the video, but, why not scare people
@Zello M amen yessir it only took 3 months of them leavin u hanging but i gotchu AMEN
it's all about the driver of the vehicle on how it's handled
Yep, and also if anyone else is good around you, I could drive extremely safe and cross an intersection and get side impacted on the driver's side from a red light runner and wind up dead. :) bad drivers are everywhere sadly :(
Tyler Hanson I agree. My dad owns a 70's muscle car at times and we're fine. I mean a crash can happen but
It's mostly the driver. Ps, it's a 46 yr old car!
Terrence Banton Not necessarily true. Its not about avoiding accidents, its about the car properly and successfully protecting you if you are in one. The older the car, the more likely you are to die due to older technology or lack thereof. You can be a world class driver, but if someone hits you and you roll over in your 1964 Caddy, you're probably gonna die from lack of airbags, inadequate seat belts, etc. But if someone hits you in your 2017 Caddy, you're significantly more likely to live due to Side curtain and Front airbags, crumple zones, improved seatbelts, etc.
ARandomTH-camr air bags wrent standard til about 1980 in most cars
charger master After April 1, 1989 airbags became standard in automobiles The 1973 Oldsmobile toronado was the first car equipped with airbags it was optional back then
I wrecked my 72 nova once crushed the 2010 car like a beer can bent my front bumper oh well.
DAMN DUDE, cant say I'm surprised 😂 my mom had a 69 VW Squareback, it was in a wreck with a Corolla before she bought it. The guy who sold it to her said the Corolla was WRECKED
Naturally, German steel held through. Barely a dent in the VW
bending yer front bumper wrecked the 72 nova?
I smell cap
@@martinsliepins6225 why do you smell caps? Like do you sniff them after someone has taken off their cap
@@freedomisthechoicesyoumake8594 oy vey.
A 2017 Fiat 500 is not safer than a 1991 Ford Crown Vic. Don't care what they say.
In a car twice as heavy, your chances of surviving a head on collision is 14x greater. It's indeed no competition.
Yeah in reality they are finding out how not so smart those stupid 1/4 size cars are. Contrary to the bullshit media on those cars they don't get that great of fuel economy, and they're by far not safe on the road...especially with today's moron drivers who are not paying attention and try to pull out in front of full size trucks, buses, semi-trucks, trains, etc.
that is why my first car is going to be a old suburban
Our scoutmaster had one, we packed that thing full of camp gear and all the boys. Did a great job, find one with the 6.2L diesel, it'll run forever, everything else will fall apart around the engine LOL.
my mom crashed in a fiat 500 and only broke her leg 45 mile per hour crash so nothing crazy
I drive a 1989 bronco II with no airbags. I've been rear ended twice. Both times the car that hit me had to get multiple body panels replaced, while I was able to unbend my bumper using the wench on my friend's jeep. What do they mean newer cars are built better lol...
I'm Cmart yeah you most likely just ripped off the bumper and replaced it
Elite falcon Gaming Bro I've seen you in the comments bashing old cars without giving any evidence, stick to gaming.
Meergo it’s true old cars are worse
Elite falcon Gaming on what basis are they worse?
Joseph Samsor in practically everything
I refuse to buy a car past the year 2002. That is as far advanced I am willing to go. And I am a young man myself. I grew up learning how to work on old American cars with my dad, and love everything about them. Design, class, soul, feel, and of course the fact that you can actually work on your own car without having to have 20 computers just to "diagnose" the damn thing!
Retro cars for life.
WestSide1207 it's still a engine
WestSide1207 uhm 2002 is still an ob2 car which requires many computers
Yes, but it's much easier to work on then stuff from 2017. Around the early 2000's things started getting more and more advanced and complicated- but I can still manage my way around most of those things. Past that, however, and things start giving me a headache.
Crown vics are old and I'm pretty sure those things are pretty industructable
To hell with this. What we need to fix is human impatience. People get more complacent with their own recklessness and hazardous lack of patience, always being in a hurry, when you make vehicles more airbag/seatbelt/crushzone laden. All of the safety is compensated for: You feel safer, you tend to take more needless risks. I don't have a modern car, and think myself better off for it. I'm willing to take my chances. The only technology that will make us safer is a self-driven car. I will take the robot cabbies should they ever take off, but I will never want nor need a modern vehicle.
+TheNotverysocial
I find lane departure an absolutely worthless feature as it often gives a warning when you have not crossed the lane and rain , snow,poorly painted lines, and even leaves on the road interfere with it.
Patchuchan
MM-HM. The only extra technology we need are automated cars, that's it. Impatience and recklessness coupled with multi ton vehicles is a recipe for disaster. The only electronic equipment I have when on residential or city streets is my mobile, and I usually refrain from its excessive use. Most people can't keep their hands away from their mobiles for more than one minute. In fact, I often go days without using it. As I post this, I'm using a laptop. I don't even have a radio except at home in my bedroom. I watch the road and try not to be out past dusk unless I have a good reason.
TheNotverysocial
There's no way in hell I'd want an automated car.
Patchuchan
As I said before, I would never have it either, only as a taxicab. As is, staying alert and removing/disabling everything electronic is your best bet when on the road. If I need to call somebody I can always use the phone after I re enable it.
+TheNotverysocial I drive a 55 GMC with no seatbelts or any other safety features. I rather die in a classic then in a modern turd bucket. Some of my car enthusiast acquatences freak when they hear that I had power no nothing except horsepower.
My 17-year- old car received a five star crash test rating. Front and side airbags were standard equipment in it. I feel perfectly safe driving it. I'm not retiring my car anytime soon. New automobiles have seen drastic jumps in cost of ownership due to the increasing expenses of repairs.
What car is it?
I personally feel much safer in my old 1978 F150 than I would in anything modern with electronic throttle and/or electric steering. I've been in cars when the electronic throttle malfunctioned, and I was driving one when the electric steering stopped accepting input from the steering wheel. At least I know my old outdated truck will never malfunction that dangerously. But I digress. Driving an older vehicle without modern electronic "safety" features forces you to pay attention and drive more safely. No amount of "safety" features will ever be a substitute for safe driving practices, but unfortunately most people think otherwise.
Well it protects you from other drivers
From what I've heard, 9/10 cars that existed before the 1980's were destined to be coffins in crashes anywhere near 25 mph or above. More cars, starting in the 1970's had lap belts, but they didn't help that much, especially since they were rarely being used. It really wasn't until the early 1980's when automotive crashworthiness became a real concern.
The only tech cars need now is a cell phone jammer. You shouldn't be on your phone unless you're parked. As a highway construction worker, I see more on their phones then not.
I dont seem to be alone in this.
I drive a car older than I am, it has fantastic visibility and excellent handling. I will admit, that it does not have airbags, and it may not handle a rollover very well, but it feels pretty solid. It has a manual transmission, so even if my brakes fail, i can still downshift. I actually downshift a lot, meaning i generally decelerate well in advance and pace myself such that i only need my brakes when coming to complete stops or in emergencies. I tried to park my friend's newer car and it had so many buttons and switches (and blind spots) i gave up and asked him to move his own car in my driveway. New cars are meant to handle accidents better because they are more likely to be involved in one.
Nice commercial for the car industry, buy buy buy, the more electronic nick nacks the better. That people think they can then with all these modern helpers drive more aggressively does not come to mind? I´m sticking with my old car I can service myself without the help of computers and IT-specialists.
Servicing cars with electronics may not necessarily be that hard if you've got the tool to help with diagnostics. It really is not so different than working on an older car. People just don't like to, or find it harder to learn.
You can have the option when buying a new car not to have anything in it but the radio and that also decreases the cost of the car overall
Rennie Ash you obviously dont know shit about cars what the OP means is that everything is crammed in the engine bay that is is a real chore to even service thats not including changing belts other fluids like transmission fluid which is usually crammed right down in the bottom
Rennie Ash you also dont know the difference at all between an old an new car its not that people dont like to its that is hard to work on a new car
The drain plugs are in a similar spot. And the problem is that people don't want to learn - how do you explain they always complain about the electronics? I have a car with "crammed components" I still managed to replace the "lifetime" transmission fluid.
I've also fixed cv joints, gaskets, exhaust, Ford Falcon doors, hybrid battery, timing belts, other random components. I think I know enough about cars to comment on a topic about cars :)
lol..then how come everyone i know who drives a "classic" has been in no more than 1 accident their whole life (ok my 80 yr old grandmother finally got in her 2nd...driving her caddy in a snowstorm) and every friend who drives a newer car..has had at least 3? I drive a 90s miata..closest thing to an accident is some idiot hit my door when I was parked. (he was in a newer car too) it's the driver, not the car. new cars are flimsy AF.
Aalihte I see the point you’re trying to make but where in the video does it say you’re more prone to car accidents in an older car? You sound ignorant. It says you are statistically at greater risk to die in a car accident in an older than newer car, not be in a car accident.
Also you’re comparing a 28 year old car to new cars. I’m willing to bet you there are more less then 10 year old cars on the road than 28 year old cars. Obviously the newer cars will statistically have a higher amount of accidents because there is more of them. That is not what the video is about. How many “classics” do you see as daily drivers? They are not practical cars. You’re comparing ancient cars more than a quarter century old.
Good for your grandma being in very little accidents. Not everyone drives a car older than you. I doubt her driving a classic has hardly anything to do with the statistics of this video.
Uhhhh how about you got a cell phone rammed up your BUTT!!.
Your comment is irrelevant to the video's point.
It said nothing about driving an older car making you more probable to crash, but that when you do you are more likely to die/get injured.
But, to answer your point: It may be possible that people get complacent in new vehicles. I know that, personally, I drive my 1980 Pickup slower and more cautiously than a new vehicle. But if I were go crash my pickup I would be worse off, so I compensate.
More people drive modern cars than some old boomer car so of course there will be more accidents with new cars instead of boomer ones
It's not more dangerous . People are just stupid now a day's even with all these so called safer cars ...
jesse Martinez the older generation wasn’t aggressive as today..
all people have to do is learn to drive like they have some sense and they wouldn't need all the junk on them !
i have a class A CDL. i can drive an 18 wheeled tractor trailer, i dont need "features", i can handle an 10 speed eaton non syncro transmission, air brakes, double clutching, jake brakes, ect ect. which brings me to another point. i now have a local job so frankly its not as bad as constant thruway driving. the lack of knowledge of people operating cars IS the problem. learn how to drive people. respect trucks. they dont stop like cars. stop cutting off my following distance. the big distance between me and the truck ahead of me is no for show, that's so if i have to slow down i have space. i am a professional driver not one of these dinks that drives tractor trailers and tailgates, dangerous and stupid. OH and for the love of god STOP going from the left lane to the exits and not even using a turning signal. i cant count how many times some asshole did that. go the the left lane and then go to the exit, not one sweeping motion in front of a truck.
want to make people safer drivers. make them get behind the wheel of a tractor trailer and drive it around a closed test course to get a license to operate a car. make them learn how to check their air pressure with a gauge, check their lights, check their oil, check their own brakes and suspension. the biggest problem, too many idiots on the road with too little knowledge of safe automobile operation.
i have 2 1991 cavaliers and a 1996 camaro Z28. i do not need or want a newer car. they are more complex more to go wrong. they more expensive and bring massive amounts of debt with them.
we dont need more dumb features WE need people to learn how to drive.
Great points there. I'm a class B driver and I regularly drive a 28,000+ pound vehicle that takes at least 5-6 seconds to come to a complete stop at highway speeds. People in regular cars and trucks piss me off to no end because they cut you off at random and they do it at very close distances like I'm driving a regular car. To make it even worse, they don't even use turn signals to communicate that they're about to change lanes or make a turn. Because of stupid people like that, I have to go out of my way and take additional precaution and drive paranoid expecting everybody in standard vehicles to randomly cut me off without signaling at a distance of 5 feet or less. Then there's the idiots that ride so close to the back of the commercial vehicle that they're hiding in one of your worst blind spots. I think that all commercial vehicles should have a sticker on the back of it that says "If You Can't See My Mirror, I Can't See You." Maybe that will remind them of what they're actually doing.
Texting while driving, playing with infotainment system, driving under the influence, driving tired, driving too fast are all much more likely to cause an accident than the type of vehicle you are driving!
Yeah the thing is with modern cars there a crap ton more distractions than they had in Old cars. Like in modern cars the car might just beep at you or you have to access most things in the infotainment.
I drive a gold 1998 Buick Century Custom with 2 airbags and ABS daily. My other Century is a sapphire blue 1992 Special with a 3.3L V6 and made of mostly metal instead of plastic. She has a solid, commanding feeling on the road, not to mention a surprising amount of power from a stop. Seatbelts are the only safety devices on this baby. No ABS or airbags on this car. Yet she's clocked 179,000 miles safely. She's only been hit once by a woman driving one of these so-called smarter SUVs. Too bad the car couldn't tell her snow was still going to be slippery. You don't need a smarter, high-tech car. You need smarter, more educated drivers who don't have to rely on the car to fill in where skills are lacking. I'd take an old car any day.
buying a new car every 2 or 3 years is extremely dangerous to your wallet.
are you nuts? who would pay $35,000 for a 3 year old car if they could buy a new one for $5,000 more? it drops in value more than that the second you drive it off the lot!
A 3 year old car will lose 30% or more of its value, doesn't matter how many bells and whistles it comes with
chieftp hahaha, nice one.
I drive a 1972 nova ss and I feel safe as he'll I got steel between me and whatever I'm hitting not cheap ass plastic or aluminum.
Facts
Most new cars look like bloated jelly beans. I can barely tell a Hyundai from a Ford or Toyota nowadays. I'll take older vehicles anyday. Less electronic crap to break down in the future. I see a lot of these new cars going to a scrap heap, restorations will be rare. I'm quite happy with my 97 Sunfire I've had for years. Gets 35 mpg, has airbags,easy to work on, ABS and is safe because I am a very careful driver. I think the real problem is most people who drive have no business behind the wheel...
Eric Sartana Just because you're a careful driver doesn't mean a car is safe. If you DO get in a wreck, the car needs to hold up and keep its occupants safe inside. The older the car, the older the technology, the less safe it is. It's fact. Id rather be a shitty driver in a safe car than a good driver in a deathtrap.
The problem these days, i don't have to drive safer because the newest model has the most safety features. Shows some people have more money than brains. The reason i drive older cars, because buying a new one is so expensive you better pray you don't get into a wreck with it, if you can even afford one.
You can pick any decade and all the cars of that era look the same.
Specially all 80 s cars look like the Countach , and all the 60s cars look like the Stingray
Eric Sartana You need your ass dragged for comparing a damn Hyundai to a Ford and Toyota.
Sounds like fear mongering from the manufacturers....I'll keep my 81 RX7 thanks, today's cars are a joke.
Age is a factor but the car itself is. My '93 Roadmaster is built very well. It has an airbag, and reinforced side pillars to make it safer in side impacts according to an add I saw. I've heard stories about people getting into very serious accidents in the old Panthers and BBodies and walking away with no injuries. I'd assume the same with an old Volvo or Mercedes.
I'm Still Driving a 1993 Ford Taurus GL 3.8L Essex V6 with original four speed automatic transmission with over 90 thousand original And it has duel air bags..The new dash was also designed to contain a passenger's side airbag, a first of its kind It was optional in 1991 in 1992 models, and became standard in 1993, making the Taurus the first car of its kind to have dual front airbags.
How is this news? Well duh older vehicles are not safer because it was your responsibility to keep yourself safe dafuq? I used to drive a '96 Honda Civic and boy I'm telling you it was the most fun I had in a car, now I drive a 2012 Malibu and I have never felt more numb in my life.
Try a 1950's car they don't have power steering or even seat belts
Good point. Smaller cars (especially with stick shifts) keep your attention better than large floaty boats with automatics.
my trucks are from 87 and 90. they may be old, built like tanks, and have no air bags what so ever but they taught me to be aware of everything and how to drive them safely and efficently. all this extra stuff is nice and all but I personally feel it makes ALLOT of people complacent.
Indeed it does. We Americans love to take things too far sometimes. There is no substitute for vigilance.
30 year old Jeep rolled 2 dozen times. landed upside down. walked away untouched.
20 year old jeep wedged between two semis - second semi lost brakes and sandwiched me. again. walked away untouched. still have that jeep.new car would've crumpled up and killed me instantly.
#olderdiditbetter.
If it would have killed you instantly in a new car, I don't see how you could still have that Jeep drivable.
Older cars are generally more likely to be salvageable after an accident due to the lack of crumple zones and steel cabs.
Damn i can smell the bs from here
While everything in this video is perfectly accurate, I think what the makers of these sorts videos always fail to realise is that the people they're targeting with their safety massage are already fully aware of what they're saying and don't give a shit. People buy old cars because they like old cars. It's not like this is news to any of them.
I did like the point about seatbelts being less effective on older cars. This something I've always been aware of, but most people never think of. I find it's always assumed that seatbelts are always the #1 safety device, but I'd honestly rather not wear one in some cars.
The only danger is the idiots in their new plastic cars that run into these old cars made out of steel.
Those plastics can actually save your life in a crash grandpa
@@V_For_Vigilante If you think so just keep your dreams to yourself because in reality those plastics disintegrate or otherwise shatter to become nice little projectiles into your body, just ask the surgeons they'll really wake you up to how unsafe all that crap is in your new car.
@@V_For_Vigilante hey youngun respect your elders they have a better life than you lol
@@swayybaby9772 Respect goes both ways.
Too bad the new ones look, and work like crap.
+HunterShows Too bad. Its the modern world with modern cars.
maahe It is too bad that modern cars are crap.
+HunterShows They are not. Your most likely crap. I own a car fro m2014. Has been keyed. Had that buffed out. And it also hit a pole. Leaving a huge scratch and dent. But it runs perfectly. So why don't you move on to the modern world idiot.
maahe Why don't you learn to speak English before you call people idiots, bigot?
Yes, that part is good. Then there's almost everything else which is worse.
I absolutely love that old Ford wagon!
Me too wouldn't mind owning and driving one.. but sadly we have demolition derby guys to blame for destroying these old cars
@@erica-lillycrider1088 Ford and Mercury's 90 and 91s are the (generally) best for safety out of all those wagons; they have 3 point seat belts for the outboard passengers in the middle and they also have an air bag for the driver (though I think they recalled the air bags at some point.) My 90's odometer and coolant temperature gauge broke, though. Another issue is the transmission's Throttle Valve Cable Grommet (from stock) is garbage and it needs replaced with a brass one. Other Ford cars of that time need the same grommet replaced.
@@101Volts I have a 1993 Ford Taurus GL Essex 3.8L V6 engine
so..... on my way to work one day in my 1972 Chrysler Newport 440 V8 in the year 2016 a lady pulled in front of me with her 2012 Nissan quest and I t-bone her at 35 MPH she when to the hospitals and her van was a total loss. Me no major damage to me or my car at all and I still when to work put in 8 hrs of work and drove home on the freeway doing 80 MPH :) BUT, accounting to this video i was 71% more likely to die? O_o hmmm....... Maybe you should tale her she is in a much safer car then i was that will make her feel better. LOL & BTW she was found a FAULT in the car accident failure to yield to on coming traffic.
This makes the idiots feel better with their new cars .My buddy had a 1970 Newport is was a beast we would all pile in the back to smoke oil off a torch and hot knives when he gunned it that massive hood would lift and we would be pinned to the back seat great car good memories is 1977.
BigdaddyFatSak It was a T-bone.
A better test would be the front of her Quest vs the front of your Newport.
BigdaddyFatSak Of course your car would win against a Nissan Quest. It depends on the cars paired together in crashes.
BigdaddyFatSak Wait... You mean the crash detection system detected an incoming accident and braked instantly?! That's nasty as f! Kinda funny, too
Now swap roles and watch you go to the hospital for smashing your head on the Quest's hood, which tried valiantly to crumple so you received less damage, but it was in vain, because you had no airbag.
This is not stopping me from buying a 86 Monte Carlo
I drive a early 90's Merc Grand Marquis. I don't care how new your car is, My car and myself will come out of that wreak with minimum damage compare the tin foil cars of today. Alot of this is insurance companies not wanting to pay to fix cars as its cheaper to just toss a new car as totaled then it is to repair older vehicles after an accident.
amen to that
My mom had one of those cars when i was younger. We got into an accident and if that russian lady didnt have a safty bumper on the front of her bullshit car, our car wouldn't of been damaged, and her car would of been totaled. Our car was still able to make it home. But it ended up needing a new gas tank, and several things to fix and sadly at the time we couldn't afford to fix anything except the back tale light. I loved that car. I loved everything about it. it had under 30k miles on it also. Eventually we had it towed away because my mom didn't feel like moving it so they took it away. My brothers still tease me about wanting one. I use to always say "I want a grande marquis when i get older". I'll never live that down. Still miss it to this day. That gray colored grand marquis would still be in style today! Gray is really popular right now! lol
correction: we had the 1985 gray mercury grande marquis! lol
Super Box! I also had a 90 Crown Vic LTD as well. Last of the Snow bank removers for sure.
As a 16 year old who daily’s a 1987 Benz… idgaf lol
Everyones going to die....nothing to see here...
The biggest problem (speaking from experience): The newer car will protect you from even very heavy crashes. You will get out fine, no problem. The problem is that even a mild or minor crash will almost destroy your vehicle. Both have pros and cons. Also the newer car will break down a lot more frequent mechanical wise.
True. The car body these days are paper thin, you cant sit on a car without making a dent. I remember my old honda civic 1994, you could punch the front and it would keep its shape
yeah older cars seem like more risk yet thats cause you guys drive on snow and salt damage done all those years affects the body structure. yet any car that hasn't seen salt damage from snow driving is gonna be safer still.
and i had an accident with my 30 year old muscle car where the truck got written off yet i was able to drive it home and change the radiator support panel and she was good as new. try that in your new car lol
yeah and how did you feel after the crash? Does some damage to your organs
I drive a 22 year old 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee I got from my dad with no side airbags or ESC and a rear mounted gas tank. I guess I’m dead.
I'd rather have a good old Swedish tank such a Volvo 240 than a brand new piece of plastic mess on wheels such as a Kia Picanto.
One way to look at this. Cars being produced today with modern safety equipment and technology-well 15-20 years from now people are going to be looking at these cars we drive today as being old cars that are not safe. Yet we consider them safe to drive. Come the year 2030 you will buy your teenager who is just starting to drive a 2017 used car and you will have people telling you that car is old-it is not safe. It does not have all the modern safety equipment our newer cars have!
The old American cars are really safe.
I've been in Chevrolet Nova 1978 with my family ,rolled over 2 times and non of us got even an scratch!
Today cars made from plastic and weak materials,just loaded with balloons to protect you.
Not necessarily the structure of a new car is designed to basically take the force of the impact to protect you the driver
TBH the "safety" of newer cars is partly a scam. Sure plastic filling might ease the inertia impact on your body, but if you're crashing into a heavier car or a wall, youll still die from the broken plastic shards and glass coming your way. BTW im 100% sure car manufacturers use special cars for their crash tests, when they're rich enough they can just bribe the safety regulators, its not impossible. In the end the safer cars are usually the heavier ones - SUV's, Jeeps - thats why ppl buy them nowadays.
A mate of mine is restoring a 1965 Vauxhall Viktor. I have a very modern car, let my friend drive it to learn the difference. He did not like it. He is very old school. He said he could not feel the road. The stop/start button confused him. He had a Ford Anglia you could start with a coin.
I have been steadily upgrading my car to better and safer cars as i am getting older. My friend is going in the opposite direction fully restoring old cars from the ground up.
I think he is living the dream of cruising slowly on the motorways and back roads like our parents did when we were young.
Nostalgia
I drive a 71 F-100, and if you hit something it'll be just fine... Plus it's lasted 47 years, and I've completely rebuilt the motor and transmission so it'll still be running long after any cars made nowadays are
Manual or Auto?
Yep! No electronic crap to slowly deteriorate.
Garrett - it has a C4 automatic transmission
I drive a 20 year old Mercury Grand Marquis LS - 135,000 miles, well-kept. Such a smooth comfortable ride and the powered driver's seat with lumbar is just amazingly wonderful. People who care about me think I should buy a new car in order to be safer. Does an airbag in a steering wheel still work after 20 years? Frightening to hear I have a 70% chance of dying in a car accident with this car.
apparently, self driving cars are the most dangerous
I don’t care if there more safe or dangerous these old bangers make the driver safe. You have no technology helping you so being in full awareness becomes second nature and you learn to not be lazy and drive the car
Jeremy Clarkson once said: "It's not what you drive, it's how you drive it."
That statement fits this topic perfectly well.
Yes
Theres something humbling about the fact that if I don't respect my 1980 GMC, it can kill me in an instant.
Same way with my 83 Chevette. No power assistance for anything. Makes stopping in the rain interesting and parking a work out at times.
A safer driver is best!
The things I’m really frustrated with new cars are the blind spots created by the side curtain airbags. When looking through a corner it’s like a tree that you need to look around. Before adding more pillows they need to figure out how to tighten the package. Another is ABS that’s too sensitive. When roads are rutted up from heavy traffic or resent road work coming up to a light some car’s tires will skip a bit on the ruts causing the ABS to go off when it shouldn't and they end up rear ending someone.
Stig Msr the airbags don’t even exist until you wreak what you’re saying is that the airbag is deployed 24/7 that doesn’t even make sense
What I don't like about newer cards is that you cannot replace the factory stereo with your own setup. Ford, GM, Chrysler, and BMW do not allow for an aftermarket audio system to be put in
Who cares
Car modding communities do
I don't know about this I have a 85 Cressida that I was in a car crash in and drove away like nothing while the new Toyota Corolla was totaled
Having an older car gives you a motive to pay more attention to the road which is a big plus for you and other motorists.
i'll still stay with my '88 volvo...
I drive both. I have brand new cars as well as a vintage 1954 Nash Ambassador. From a safety point, I'd rather be in a new car if I were in a wreck. The Nash steering column has the "cardiac arrester" horn button that will for sure crush the sternum of any unfortunate driver.
However, I still feel safe in the Nash. If for no other reason, I drive it differently. I know a modern car can stop in half the distance the Nash can, so I drive accordingly. I keep about 3-5 seconds distance from the car ahead.
I also know how dangerous the brakes can be. The old drum brakes can easily fade. You only have about 20 seconds of braking in any 3 minute period. I know it and drive accordingly. I use lower gears to maintain speed, NOT the brakes! I see people all the time coming down from the mountain resorts nearby and they will ride their brake all the way down. If you tried that on a 60 year old car, you would be over the cliff inside of a minute.
BULL %$#@ I would take a 72 ford LTD over a Toyota Prius any day .
See you in the afterlife
ED Bernard Why?
@@Lone_Wolf91 Cuz it's more badass! 😎 💪
Hell, my first car was a 66 Studebaker.
Seatbelts were optional.
If you drive an old car that you love especially one qualified for an antique plate you should be a more respectable driver than a person who owns a WTF ever kind of car.
Eh. My old car is worth the fatality risk.
I'd rather die quickly from a crash driving a cool car, than being old in a hospital.
Right!!! I'd rather get crushed to death than live like a vegetable
my car is 50 years old...
am I 390% dead?
I'm a truck driver and I see people get killed a lot in newer cars. Safety features in cars aren't much especially in big accidents. Regardless of the year of the car, a crash is a crash.
''Buy a new car every 3 years''
WTF
Opinion: I have owned a couple of cars from the 1960s.
PRO: Easy to work on, cheap to fix, look cool.
CON: In their "stock form" can be over-powered ill handling death traps. Parts will be harder to find
THE FIX: Get 4 good steel belted radial tires, Install a rear anti-sway bar, heavy duty shocks
and seat belts
Jokes on you. My 83 f100 will cause more damage in a crash than it will receive. Besides, "No airbags, we die like men."
Ok, the last wreck I was in , I was driving a 1947 Chevy flat bed pickup. I hit a 1990s Monte Carlo broad side. The car folded up . The whole drivers side was demolished. In the past 20+ years I have driven only 1940s pickup trucks I have had several collisions with other things (not proud just like to drive Fast) and I've always been able to drive away. Keep in mind that my 40s vehicles are not all original, V8 engines, collapsing steering columns , independent front suspension, but basically stock bodies and frames. To be honest I would rather be in my 40s vehicles than the newer vehicles because I have seen how the new ones crumple up, I know they absorb more of the forces created in a crash and cushion the occupants but the Tanks I drive can cut the new vehicles in half, not to mention small trees, fences, utility poles, sign posts, Deer, Elk , (I live out in the country, Big Time Rural ) and other annoing things one encounters when breaking the speed limits. Speaking of Animals on the Road, I hit a deer at 65+ mph last fall, (I don't consider this a wreck) and with the Bumper setup I have he didn't do anything to the front of my pickup but he did spin around and put a small dent in the fender. I slowed down, turned and went back to check on him (I seen he was seriously injured in the rear view mirror) he was able to get away into the field. Then I called fish and game to take care of him drove home. If I had been in a newer vehicle? It would have totaled it. Even newer pickup trucks get wiped out by such things as this. I know, a guy here had a newer Dodge ram same thing happened to him and his truck was a mess. It cost him allo to just make it drivable again. Thanks for the video but I'm going to keep my old pickup trucks. Another thing I forgot to say, my 1946 Chevy pickup has four wheel disc breaks, I did away with the Anti Lock though that just Bugged the Hell out of me.
Ill continue driving my 77 el camino👌
my 79 f250 got rear ended by a honda crv going at about 50 mph. i got punted 2 foot forward and my rear bumper an tailgate got dented up. the honda CRV was totaled the driver went to the hospital. i got out on my own free will. and called the police and checked on the driver that hit me.. ... so you tell me whats safer
A newer car is more dangerous to your wallet.
Ok poor person
@one man army ok normie
New cars with all the technology actually creates shittier drivers.
not gonna give up on my 70s cuda
Ok boomer
@@V_For_Vigilante u are u
Food for thought:
If old cars are dangerous why do 20 to 30 year old cars still exists. They should have had an accident along time ago.
Conversely, if new cars are so safe why do many end up in accidents?
Answer: It really comes down more on the driver discipline, responsibility, concentration and maturity. Things that seem to be overlooked and eroded.
Cuba is a prime example. The old boats there may not have their original parts anymore, but they run well regardless.
Top Gear US went to Cuba and Rutledge had a Bel Air(yes that Bel Air), that now had a Japanese Diesel engine and the frame of a Russian truck. No problems with whatsoever.
Only stupid people need airbags, instead of making smarter cars we need smarter people. That's all there is to it.
Like I said, we need smarter drivers.
I disagree. We need more intense training through driver's ed. I couldn't believe easy it was to pass my driver's ed tests and get my driver's license. I think a 9 year old could pass it, if given a chance.
Lord Apophis dude shit happens ok accidents are mostly unavoidable
Lord Apophis airbags are good. You may be a smart driver. What about the other driver who is hitting you???.
Airbags are really meant to protect those too stupid to wear seat belts. A person wearing a seat belt and shoulder harness gains very little from having an air bag; certainly not enough to justify the extra expense and danger.
Drop the garbage blind spot monitoring and get yourself those $3 blindspot mirrors at Walmart. Easily the best driver's accessory for constant lane changes.
My daily driver (in my profile picture) is 81 years old... I have nothing to add to this, just wanted to share! LOL
Pre-WW2 steel? There is NO QUESTION that it'll cut through modern plastic like wet toilet paper in an accident.
That hunk of junk.. phew
QuanticChaos1000 nothing wrong with that
You take this with a grain of salt, a teen in a old car? It's about the driver and experience on the road. I drive two vehicles. A pickup and a sedan. Both 22 years old each.
one of my cars is a 2000 Camry that I purchased brand new back in 99. it was one of the few cars that offered side-impact airbags and traction control. I have gotten so used to driving a car with trash control that recently I drove a very similar car but without that safety feature and literally almost Flew Over the side of a freeway on-ramp. I have been driving almost 20 years and always considered myself a good and safe driver but I guess I realize that my skills rely heavily on Modern de safety features more than skill.
Some of the smallest, most 'dangerous' cars are actually the safest. The mazda Miata, which is considered 'very unsafe', actually has an astoundingly low rate of single vehicle crash deaths. 20 per million miles, which is 2-4 times less than average cars which get 60-80 usually.
Nice LTD. Mine was a great car. In the end, it's not the car, it's the driver.
please realize that this was for mostly 90s model cars. Thank you. A 50s or 60s or early 70s american made car will rip threw most of this cars. And airbags harm more people than save.
Lol my 1991 Escort, with the nonfunctioning automatic seat belts, only my lap belts are there to save the day. It laughs in the face of safety.
they are less dangerous because they dont have a touchscreen to fiddle with
man i drive a 1969 dodge charger and i never crash in my life
Old cars from 20-30-40-50 years ago are better in my OPINION