Smartcar – Not very safe, a less than brilliant idea conjured up by some radical environmentalist who is no doubt safely cruising around in a Hummer and buying carbon offsets to assuage his “inner guilt” (the guilt is phony; it is only for justifying contradictory behavior to other people).
We used to have the Yugo that was also built for fuel efficiency, and its size made it dangerous to be in.
From the point of view of the people selling them, it makes sense to get yennem to cut back on energy usage because if yennem cuts back then there will be enough for ME.
What is sad is that gasoline prices reach $4/gal and suddenly people are willing to compromise on their safety. No one would have thought of buying one of these cars in the 90’s when gas was $1/gal. In fact, until recently these cars were illegal in the US.