Chapter 1411 Car Accident Headshot? (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets!)

"What... what's going on?"

Zhang Yan was bewildered.

She thought the worst-case scenario would be a serious injury, but she didn't expect to die instantly!

Logically, she had hit the brakes when she realized she was about to crash. Even though the car's speed hadn't completely reduced, considering the car had anti-collision beams, airbags, and she had dutifully fastened her seatbelt, shouldn't all those safety measures have protected her from dying?

If a Shenche Mini died on the spot from such a crash, that would be one thing. After all, you couldn't expect too much safety from a car that cost only 30,000 yuan. And probably no one would drive such a thing on the highway anyway. But Zhang Yan had bought a Passat costing over 200,000 yuan!

That brand of car was always known for the heavy sound of its doors closing.

Of course, Zhang Yan didn't really know about such things. She was just repeating what she'd read in some online posts: a heavy sound when the car door closed meant that solid steel was used, so the safety would definitely be more reliable.

But what was the result? Where was the reliability?

Fortunately, the game was kind enough to allow players to watch a death replay so that they could die knowing exactly why.

The death notice stated that the head, neck, legs, and feet had all suffered serious injuries. The head and neck trauma, in particular, was so severe that there was basically no possibility of surviving with a disability, because she had died instantly.

Looking at the wreckage diagram of the vehicle, it became even clearer.

The beautiful new car had been reduced to scrap metal. The most obvious part was that the car's A-pillar was almost broken, significantly encroaching on the cabin space, which inevitably caused severe squeezing of the occupants.

In this case, it was not surprising that the driver's legs and feet suffered serious injuries.

"But that's still not right?"

"If the legs and feet are severely injured, the worst would be an amputation, but the life can still be saved, right?"

Zhang Yan was still very puzzled.

Of course, no one wants to choose between death and severe disability; everyone wants to be safe and sound. But if you had to choose, it would definitely be better to save your life if possible.

Although dying directly saves medical expenses, but… if you’re dead, there’s nowhere to spend the saved medical expenses, right?

Zhang Yan looked again. Good heavens, this game not only had death data but even provided a death replay!

In the accident replay, Zhang Yan clearly saw the entire process of the car accident.

The semi-truck in front had suddenly blown a tire, causing the vehicle to lose control and stop on the road. It happened so suddenly that the driver hadn't had time to put out warning signs. Zhang Yan, fatigued from driving, hadn't carefully observed the road conditions. When she saw it, it was too late. Although she hit the brakes, she still crashed into it head-on.

The key was what happened after the impact.

Zhang Yan watched the entire collision process in slow motion, trying to figure out where the serious head and neck injuries came from.

Logically, she was wearing a seatbelt, and the car had airbags, which should have provided good cushioning, right? It couldn't be that the airbag didn't deploy, and her head hit the windshield?

However, after carefully watching the replay, Zhang Yan was dumbfounded.

After the violent collision, the airbag did deploy, but perhaps due to the severe deformation of the A-pillar, or perhaps due to the steering wheel displacement caused by the cabin intrusion, the airbag failed to catch the driver's face!

This caused the driver's head to brush past the airbag and directly hit the already broken and severely intruded A-pillar!

As for side airbags, sorry, this model didn't have them.

Of course, possibly to avoid scaring the kids, there were no bleeding effects, and the driver looked like a dummy. But just seeing this scene was enough to imagine how much damage it would cause in reality.

It must have been an instant headshot, face completely unrecognizable, and the cervical spine also a comminuted fracture. There was no need to pay respects to the deceased; just cremate the body.

"This is too outrageous!"

Zhang Yan couldn't accept this.

There was an airbag, but it didn't catch the driver's head? This was unheard of!

What's more, the Passat, which had always touted its good safety, produced such a result. Was this game really trying to smear it?

The car was gone, and the person was gone.

The only good news was that after starting a new account and re-leveling, the assets left over from the previous account, which were a few tens of thousands of yuan, could be inherited. And because the previous account didn't have any traffic violations, the new account didn't have to take the driving test again.

However, the initial funds were no longer 240,000 yuan but 200,000 yuan.

Obviously, after opening a new account, although the assets of the previous account could be inherited, the initial funds would be reduced. After several times, it should drop to a minimum value, such as 50,000 or 80,000 yuan.

At that time, there would be very few cars to buy, and you would have to slowly save money from scratch.

This was probably to prevent some people from deliberately causing car accidents to farm money, buying a car for tens of thousands of yuan each time, dying in the crash, inheriting the remaining money to the next account, and then repeatedly crashing and repeatedly farming.

Moreover, only car accidents caused by normal driving would have this kind of preferential treatment. If the car accident was caused by actively violating traffic laws, then opening a new account might result in inheriting the fines, and the driver's license would have to be retaken.

Zhang Yan could accept this result. At least her previous efforts wouldn't be in vain. With nearly 260,000 yuan on hand, she could still buy a good car.

But she couldn't accept the result of the crash at all!

It was time to take a break. Zhang Yan planned to rest for half an hour and take a look at everyone's reviews online.

There should be quite a few people who chose Passat as their first car like her, and everyone would definitely not be able to accept this collision result.

Of course, she could also take the opportunity to see which car everyone had tested to be better. She couldn't spend the 260,000 yuan in her hand randomly this time. She had to choose a safer car, otherwise, no matter how much money she earned, it would still be a huge loss if she died.

There was already a lot of discussion about "Safe and Civilized Driving" online.

"Taking the driving test is really too difficult, I gave up! I think it's even harder than the real-life Level 2 test!"

"Are there any experts who can help me take the driving test? Thank you on my knees!"

"《Safe and Civilized Driving》Driving Test Must-Pass Tutorial! You'll lose out if you don't watch it!"

"Damn, I took it for two whole hours before finally passing! I don't know why, I suddenly recalled the feeling of playing 《Turn Back is the Shore》 before, where I was also stuck in the newbie village for two hours…"

"It's okay, the bus and truck driving tests are waiting for you later, those are even harder."

"Forget it, I'll just honestly drive a ride-hailing car."

"Is this game broken? I drive a car all day at work, and I just want to play games at home to relax after get off work, but it's even more stressful than in reality?"

"I think the most outrageous thing is the car damage. Why does it feel like the car is less durable than in reality? It deforms badly with just a slight collision, it's too scary!"

"Actually, this is the real impact effect. It's absurd that in other racing games, a 200 km/h crash only causes the hood to fly off and the car is fine. It's just that everyone is used to the hardness of the car bodies in other racing games, so they are not used to this game."

"It is said that a large part of the massive investment in the game 《Safe and Civilized Driving》 is in the engine. The chassis, A-pillar and other structures of the vehicle are designed separately, and the strength of different structures is different. Coupled with the realistic physical effects of the engine, it achieves a 90% degree of approximation to the collision results in reality."

"Bullshit! This is completely a gimmick. I crashed a Passat and died directly. How can a real-life Passat be so garbage? Either this collision system is not perfect and not as awesome as they claim, or they are deliberately smearing the Passat!"

"Me too, the Passat crashed and ascended to heaven directly, it's too unreasonable!"

"Yes, especially the offset collision, the result is too outrageous. The airbag didn't even catch the driver's face, this must be a problem with the physical engine calculation in the game!"

"Why is it unreasonable, have you crashed a Passat in reality?"

"Damn, who dares to drive like that in reality, but the Passat has always been known for its good safety, and the old car owners have a good reputation. Could it be that so many people are Da Zhong's shills?"

"Don't speak too definitively. The collision results of the new Passat in the IIHS haven't come out yet, right? It should come out in the next few days. What if this generation has been downgraded?"

"The collision results of the US version of the Passat have already come out, all excellent. Can the domestic version be downgraded to such dregs?"

"That's right, no matter how much it is downgraded, can the airbag be skewed? If the test results come out as excellent, how will the game 《Safe and Civilized Driving》 explain it? Did they receive black money from competitors?"

"Everyone, stop arguing, the game didn't say that this is Da Zhong's Passat."

"This car logo, this shape, although it has been changed a lot, discerning people can see it, and they still want to deny it?"

Online, besides discussing the driving test, people were also discussing the vehicle collision results.

After all, those who couldn't pass the driving test had already been persuaded to quit, and those who passed the driving test and accepted this gameplay would more or less pay attention to the safety of the vehicle.

There's a saying that goes, it doesn't matter how fast you go, it's success if you don't fall.

This is not like many other racing games, where once you buy a car, you own it permanently, and it won't break no matter how you crash it, and the driver won't get hurt.

In 《Safe and Civilized Driving》, safety and maintenance economy will directly affect the player's income.

If you work hard for an hour and earn 40,000 yuan, but a car accident takes you directly back to square one, can you not pay attention to vehicle safety?

And the Passat, as a car with the largest difference between expectation and collision results, has naturally received the most attention.

The IIHS that netizens are talking about is the Insurance Institute for Automotive Safety, which is a globally recognized and relatively objective and impartial car safety evaluation organization.

Because it was established by an insurance association, and the interests of insurance companies and car manufacturers are naturally opposed, the worse the safety of the vehicle, the more the insurance company has to pay out after an accident. Therefore, it is basically not bought by car manufacturers, and most people regard it as an important consideration for buying a car.