[winternett]

A "smart" car is just another icon of consumerism, like an iPhone, or a "snuggie".

If you want to spend money on stuff that is marketed to a self proclaimed "smart" niche audience of people who think that buying cute stuff makes them better or "smarter" for their purchased possessions, fine, do so, but don't expect the public to be enthused about your overconfidence in how much better material things make you and your life.

P.S. lets hope you're not in a "smart car" when and SUV forgets to stop behind you "too late" at a major intersection.

[dominastrum]

> P.S. lets hope you're not in a "smart car" when and SUV forgets to stop behind you "too late" at a major intersection.

Maybe that means we need to question that large SUV with a single occupant and an always empty cargo hold. Or perhaps why as a society we do not find it acceptable to "risk our lives" in small, light cars yet we find it perfectly ok to "risk the lives of others" in our large, heavy "car-trucks."

[khafra]

Questioning your own behavior can lead to positive changes in your behavior. Questioning the behavior of somebody else who chose to buy an SUV can lead to angry ranting and even less safe driving.

[leviathant]

Your first two paragraphs are reactionary garbage, but the postscript is actually a good point - while the Smart tested well in gov't and insurance tests, those tests involve vehicles of similar size. According to the link below, when tested against a Benz C-Class, the Smart got wrecked something fierce.

http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/Smart_ForTw...