Prius top safety pick

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Wed, May 25, 2011 6:57 AM

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[quote]. . . The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Thursday that 6 of the

13 small cars it most recently tested are top safety picks. They include the 2012 Ford Focus and Honda Civic and the 2011 Hyundai Elantra, Nissan Juke, Lexus CT 200h and Toyota Prius.

When those cars are combined with others previously tested -- including the electric Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt -- a total of 22 earned the institute's top score. . . . [/quote] What a nice group of cars, ones that aren't so quick to kill or injure you in an accident.

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Sat, May 28, 2011 2:41 PM

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Sat, May 28, 2011 3:37 PM

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The EU established pedestrian accident standards and rate cars for bumper, hood, and quarter panels effects on a pedestrian. Their standards turn broken legs into bruses and broken skulls into bad bumps. The ZVW30 Prius is the first designed to this standard and it received excellent marks.

Wiki has a nice summary:

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