Friday, November 29, 2013

Video: You will not believe how much goes into preparing a car for crash testing

Filed under: Safety, Videos

IIHS documents the whole process of a crash test from start to finish.

New-vehicle crash testing is crucial to measuring how safe vehicles are for their occupants in the event of an accident. The actual test is quick: vehicles are pulled down a runway inside the test facility before they're smashed into a seemingly invincible wall. Carnage ensues.

We presumed test preparation included strapping in a dummy, fitting cameras and installing data acquisition devices, but we had no idea that the whole process is exponentially more involving than that until the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released this video documenting a crash test from start to finish. Head below to watch it (and to check out the short press release), and be prepared to have you mind blown from the complexity of it all.

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You will not believe how much goes into preparing a car for crash testing originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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