You've got a lot more courage than me, if you'd be willing to drive that thing around in NoVA traffic.

They have a pretty good reputation for safety.

http://www.smartusa.com/is-the-smart-fortwo-car-safe.aspx

Of course, the smaller car in a crash tends to have the disadvantage, but they have designed this to smash the car and not the passengers, and anyway, life is full of trade offs.

This is great. If I put one in the back of my pickup I won't have to worry whether there's air in my spare.