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by triplesec 930 days ago
Clearly you're not aware of the classic cross-ply tyre which is what classic cars used before radials became standard. These are car tyres, and while I'm sorry somebody crashed into you, this was more their lack of attention than anything else.

Also, the damage to the Morgan was the point: the crumpling f its front end is exactly waht led to the driver suffering only bruised ribs rather than the horpitalisation or death that might have been with a less-modern-safety design from the 1930s. This is how cars are safe: they absorb the energy by crumpling so that your body doesn't have to.

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> Clearly you're not aware of the classic cross-ply tyre which is what classic cars used before radials became standard. These are car tyres

Yes and classic cars were extremely unsafe by modern standards

> horpitalisation or death that might have been with a less-modern-safety design from the 1930s

Or zero injuries or maybe not even a crash whatsoever with a not particularly modern safety design from the 90s