Study: Reliant Robin trike drivers safest on the road [w/video]

[cawimmer430]

Not sure why anyone would want a Robin since it doesn't look like a very capable track and 1/4 drag racing car...


Study: Reliant Robin trike drivers safest on the road [w/video]



When we think Reliant Robin, we reminisce of Jeremy Clarkson dedicating an entire segment on Top Gear to rolling one  as many times as possible in under eight minutes. But while Clarkson made rolling the Robin look about as easy as drinking a glass of water, it turns out that actual owners of the three-wheeled Reliant are far less likely to wreck their rides.

The Mirror reports that only 11 out of 1,174 Reliant owners have submitted a claim to their insurance company. That's just .9 percent of owners, which compares very favorably to the 7.3 percent average in the UK. Of course, this statistic doesn't make the Robin the poster child for safe motoring. On the contrary, many Robin owners drive their motorized trikes with the utmost care because they can flip so readily. And many others treat their vehicle as a classic car, which is a good idea considering that there aren't many left on the road. Similar findings were uncovered when the seven million insurance claims revealed that Italian exotics, Bentleys and Aston Martins were also very short on claims.

Hit the jump to watch Clarkson roll the Robin one more time. We can never get enough of this bit.



Link: http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/14/reliant-robin-trike-drivers-safest-on-the-road-w-video/

[ifcar]

Thus proving that the safest thing to do for a car is to not drive it.

[Mustangfan2003]

I watched some Mr. Bean last night on Netflix, constantly running a Robin off the road 

[Laconian]

Was insurance optional on the Robin? IIRC it fell under very different laws because it had three wheels instead of four.

[Colin]

No, insurance was required.

What you are thinking is that the annual road tax was much lower for a three wheeler, which was the attraction for them.

It is in France where those horrid micro car things can be driven without a full driving licence.

[Morris Minor]

One of the best Top Gear pieces ever. It's s sad reflection that Reliant's crack teams of engineers never grasped the fact that, if you're down to three wheels, the two-in-front-one-in-back layout is the only way to go.