A frightening incident at General Motors’ Milford Proving Ground in Michigan left an engineer critically injured following a Corvette crash. Testing prototype vehicles is inherently risky work, and this episode underscored just how dangerous it can be.
Those who push experimental cars to their limits play a vital but hazardous role in development. The near-fatal accident serves as a sobering reminder of the real dangers faced by the engineers and test drivers behind the vehicles consumers eventually enjoy.