R50/53 Small minds about small cars
Originally Posted by Mrtemp
Oh you think so eh? I was in a head on collision with a Ford FULL SIZE pickup truck. I take offence to that. My mini's frame WAS NOT EVEN TOUCHED. If it werent for the mini i would've had way more serious injuries. I escaped with a small bruise on my knee and minor whiplash.
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http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=4286677623
Notice the passenger compartment has absolutely no intrusion at all. Its as if the force of the impact was dissipated (sp) around it.
Pics:
Link if pics dont work:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=4286677623
Notice the passenger compartment has absolutely no intrusion at all. Its as if the force of the impact was dissipated (sp) around it.
I was just stating what the article had said.BTW my dad was in an accident several years ago. It was a company van vs. a geo metro. He was the geo metro. The van was travelling at 80mph when it rear-ended him and he was travelling 0 (stopped). The truck had all kinds of equipment inside including weilding tanks etc. The force of impact was so severe that the headlamp of the van struck the back of my dad's head. Fortunately, almost all of the energy was dissapated when the van crunched thru the hatch.
My dad is fine now, but can no longer work and is on permanent disability. Don't worry, it's like early retirement for him:smile: Now, if the driver of the other car was in something like a civic or another metro, I think the impact would have been less severe.
My point is that large cars make the road unsafe for the rest of us.
Of course the whole thing could have been avoided if the other driver wasn't drunk
Originally Posted by minisme
It really bothered me that there are so many Americans with narrow minds about large automobiles and trucks being safer than small cars. What is it going to take for some people to believe that small cars can be safe?
i dont really know, im a regular on www.fark.com and it appeared there in a photoshop contest once....its a good time
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Comedian
Originally Posted by Squirlz
A few years ago the Detroit News ran a story on a hot-shot lawyer and she talked about why she got a Hummer H-1: "I'm on the phone a lot and I find myself not paying attention so I want to be safe." This idiot needs to be b-slapped and put in a Geo.
She retorted that if she wanted her daughter to drive safely, she would put her in a deathtrap with a thousand knives sticking out of the dashboard...
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From: Maili, HI
Originally Posted by kaelaria
A large percentage of Americans are, unfortunatly, complete morons. There is nothing you can do.
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From: So. NH
Crash avoidance
Originally Posted by eVal
I think that the point is that the SUV driver is more likely to be in an accident due to the behemoth's inability to change direction/handle like a passenger car mated to the SUV driver being too insulated/less aware of things and having major visibility issues. Yes the 'we are better then them attitude' can be a bit much, but it seems to go both ways as the owners of huge vehicles have a false sense of invulnerability because the things are just so big and heavy. And, of course, due to the sheer size if they do stray off course and/or have to do any emergency moves they are more likely to cause accidents from that as well.
So a car, esp one as maneuverable as a Mini, is much more likely to avoid that head on collision with the Excursion and be much more fun on a real excursion to boot :smile:
So a car, esp one as maneuverable as a Mini, is much more likely to avoid that head on collision with the Excursion and be much more fun on a real excursion to boot :smile:
I know for a fact if I had been driving my F350 4wd pickup truck I would not been able to avoid this guy and the results would not have been pleasant for the Jetta. The front bumper of the truck would have been somewhere in the middle of the passenger side compartment. Might even have rolled him over.
Funny thing was he was po'd at me like it is I who cut him off...
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