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But... FlexiTrain vehicles are used on their own largely in the urban environment, where speeds are relatively low. This reduces the amount of energy to be dissipated in a collision. Modern micro-cars (for example, the Swiss SMART and Norwegian THINK) are built of deformable thermoplastic panels, and have been successfully crash-tested to European standards. The use of internal airbags has also added enormously to the protection of people in small vehicles.
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