Car wreck survivor & semi driving husband love new smart

[rfernatt]

Kenosha News | Got smart?

As it happens, Tricia gave up riding motorcycles after being severely injured several years ago in a car wreck. She was in an auto at the time. Spinal rods permanently implanted in her neck now impair her ability to turn her head from side to side. Her smart fortwo is her “motorcycle,” she said. Driving top down, she gets to feel the wind in her face, sporting along enclosed by an active/passive safety system incorporating a steel “tridion safety cell” that encases the passenger compartment.

As for leg room, Bruce, a semi driver for Ken-Crete, finds the interior more than spacious enough for the two of them traveling together. After driving a truck all day, “when I get in this, it’s like a Cadillac,” he said, grinning about its very un-Cadillac ease at parking in tight spots. After all, two smart cars, end to end, fit a standard parking space.

[fpage77]

Surprised it wasn't a you're all gonna die article about the smart. It was a nicely written piece and nice to see a non anti smart article.

[jetfuel]

...thanks rf...refreshing article...

jetfuel

[Smart Enuf]

It's only a matter of time before someone on this forum tells her: (1) her smart is unsafe straight out of the factory for anything but a golf course, and (2) her cabrio is a rollover death trap, which daimler's engineers will do anything to cover up their incompetence in designing it.

As for the article, it is a refreshing and upbeat story about two people enjoying their choice to buy a smart. Isn't that what it's all about?