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.