Auto Gossip by A. J. P.
for political effect than to obtain a worthwhile result. Recently one United States Government agency spent a vast sum crashing a series of small cars headon into a series of very large cars. After this expensive exercise, they came to the singularly unsurprising conclusion that when a large car is crashed headon into a small car, the small car usually comes off worst. I would suggest that if they found it necessary to conduct such experiments to reach this conclusion, they are suffering from a visible lack of intelligence. Claims that the experiments showed that small cars are not safe are notably unimpressive. As one motor industry spokesman said, the proportion of
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32774, 26 November 1971, Page 7
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