Tumblr User Gets Schooled On Basic Physics After Claiming Old-School Cars Are Superior To Modern Ones

“Finally a good murder instead of one of those Twitter comments”

Ayoub

• Published in Interesting
• December 8, 2022

There's a widespread idea that cars back in the day used to be stronger, therefore, safer. This idea can't be further from the truth; people usually make this conclusion after noticing how sturdy old-school cars are after a crash.

Many drivers used to die on impact in the past after being impaled by a column in head-on crashes. Cars with rack and pinion steering were even deadlier since the steering column was pointed straight at the driver's heart. 

Modern cars are much safer nowadays and are the fruit of years of safety engineering. They are built to protect drivers in case of a crash, and repairing them is much cheaper because of the used fiberglass. 

They might seem safer because the manufacturing process and chosen materials used to be different back in the day. When old-school cars crash into modern cars, the damage is usually more noticeable on the latter, and people mistake that for safety. 

A Redditor who goes by the username u/marycooke made a post on the r/MurderedByWords subReddit containing a quite informative Tumblr thread where a user got to school on basic physics after glorifying old-school cars. Scroll down to check out the full thread, and scroll a little further to read the comments from the original post.

The debate was triggered by a post made by the blacktwittercomedy Tumblr page:

This user commented on the post where they glorified old-school cars.

A user who goes by the username ”becausedragonage” replied to the previous claims and schooled the Tumblr user:

Driving used to be much more dangerous than today because of how cars were made.

The strong frame surrounding the passenger protects them from deadly impacts.

Old-school cars are not built like tanks and are quite dangerous.

The user chose this example to explain just how dangerous these cars can be.

The crash would be fatal in this case.

The user then gave another example, but this time, it was a modern car.

Modern cars keep people alive; that's just a fact.

Capitalism has nothing to do with it.

Here's how the Reddit community reacted to u/marycooke:

You have to be extra careful because you are the armor in that case.

The user came prepared and refused to ignore misinformation.

It's a good thing that cars are improving.

Fiberglass is easy to repair.

A good and quite informative ”murder”.

An older car would have led to their death.

Automobile engineering never fails to amaze us.

“Nobody died, and they were all able to walk away from the accident.”

“It's an IRL tram puzzle.”

Many people claim that old-school cars used to be safer, and that can't be further from the truth. The Tumblr user in the screenshots above did everyone a favor by explaining how wrong this widespread idea is.

People are working hard every day to improve car safety and reduce deaths and we need to appreciate their efforts and praise them for them. If you enjoyed reading this, make sure to check out similar content on our platform.

Ayoub