And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Being made of steel, you had to hit these old boys pretty hard to do that much damage.
That's an old myth that just won't die. Here's a video of old vs new, note that the steering column pushes the dummy and the seat backward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPF4fBGNK0U Today's cars have strong steel bumpers hidden under the polyurethane, crumple zones on both ends, and side impact beams in the doors to keep the occupants in the safety cell alive. Al_in_Ottawa
when you consider that your car would also have been a virtual tank, maybe not that hard.
ReplyDeleteNotice how the bumper isn't mangled.
ReplyDeleteThat's an old myth that just won't die. Here's a video of old vs new, note that the steering column pushes the dummy and the seat backward.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPF4fBGNK0U
Today's cars have strong steel bumpers hidden under the polyurethane, crumple zones on both ends, and side impact beams in the doors to keep the occupants in the safety cell alive.
Al_in_Ottawa
Exactly. People who think that older cars were more crashworthy need to watch some game tape.
DeleteNew front end ~$800, casualties unk. w/o seat belts and airbags. $25 totalled today and $150K+ in lawsuits.
Deletewindshied intact
ReplyDeleteperhaps the car was parked with no one inside. i would expect the driver to go into the windshield
ReplyDeleteI'll take that over an ev with a 2k lb battery that bursts into flames.
ReplyDeleteThe windshield wasn't broken from the inside because the steering columns wouldn't collapse.
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