Compact(ed) car

[coffee break]

What happens when you find a brickwall. :banghead:

 

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[Croc]

I know better than most. 6 weeks in a coma after hitting an earth embankment at 130 mph in 1991 on a race track. 8 months of full time rehab. My career track destroyed. The mental scars still exist today. I set off metal detectors at airports. I feel the changes in weather in my joints from the amount of metal screws and bolts inside me.

 

Believe in being safe.

[MightyMike]

Back in 2003 while deployed in Baghdad, a Chevy Suburban ran one of our security checkpoints at high speed and hit an M1A1 main battle tank head on. It was going somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-60 mph. Needless to say the passengers of the Suburban did not walk away. The vehicle was only about 6 feet long after the impact. The paint on the tank sustained minor damage.

[Automoda]

I remember seeing some Chinese cars that crumpled up like that after taking a 40mph hit.

 

 

 

[NVP66S]

When people ask me about the crashworthiness of my Westfield, I tell them that it replaces my motorcycle. Seriously, the skills that bike riders are supposed to learn are mostly to teach you how to avoid rather than survive accidents. I say *supposed* to learn because many of them don't. To anyone who regularly drives a Se7en on the road, I recommend taking an MSF course, even if you have no intention of riding a bike.

 

Crashworthiness is nice, but I have to wonder how many accidents are caused by the new thick, reduced visibility A-pillars that hold airbags?

 

Sorry to hear about your accident, Croc.

[scannon]

When people ask me about the crashworthiness of my Westfield, I tell them that it replaces my motorcycle. Seriously, the skills that bike riders are supposed to learn are mostly to teach you how to avoid rather than survive accidents. I say *supposed* to learn because many of them don't. To anyone who regularly drives a Se7en on the road, I recommend taking an MSF course, even if you have no intention of riding a bike.

 

Crashworthiness is nice, but I have to wonder how many accidents are caused by the new thick, reduced visibility A-pillars that hold airbags?

 

Sorry to hear about your accident, Croc.

I know that in anything more than a very minor hit I'm going to get squashed like a bug. I have had friends refuse a ride in the Caterham because it doesn't have air bags and all the rest of the safety equipment.

 

I just drove home in a Hyundai Elantra rental car. The A pillar is so thick that I lost a whole pickup truck in it and almost changed lanes into it. My former Suzuki SX4 was even worse. The little "wing" window was totally worthless.