# Smaller cars risk level, Princess Diana's accident? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smaller-cars-risk-level-princess-dianas-accident/186808 "2022-10-10T02:56:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smaller-cars-risk-level-princess-dianas-accident/186808/3 "2022-10-10T09:46:24Z")
Contact @TheWonderful90s, (he seems to know everything about crashing) by PM and you 2 can rehash this again in _ **private** _. This has already been beaten to death. > [@How hard is it to disable or adjust a seat belt load limiter to improve safety?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-disable-or-adjust-a-seat-belt-load-limiter-to-improve-safety/179839): > > I just learned about the potentially awful things called seat belt load limiters, and I would like to know if they can be disabled or adjusted. I’m most interested in Toyotas. Even information on how strong the load limiters are would be good. Load limiters are a good idea if the load limit could be adjusted based on the health, age, and size of the occupant. No car that I know of lets you adjust the strength of the load limiters let alone do they even mention that it exists. It is an important … > [@Newer, and later model cars are safer according to the NHTSA. Badly done statistic?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/newer-and-later-model-cars-are-safer-according-to-the-nhtsa-badly-done-statistic/182310): > > [https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812528](https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812528) I wonder about stuff like this. In this case they didn’t take in to consideration that older cars tend to be driven by less responsible or lower income people, who may be more likely to drink and drive, have to work night shift where roads are more dangerous, and may be less likely to use a seat belt. It also doesn’t take in to account that there was an SUV craze going on, and later model vehicles may have had fewer fatalities n… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smaller-cars-risk-level-princess-dianas-accident/186808)._