On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Adam Maloney wrote: > I don't remember any of the numbers, but the Caddy driver ended up > calling the ambulance/coroner for the VW driver, who would have been > catapulted 60+ feet through the windshield (assuming no seatbelt, no > windshield). Made me feel a lot better about driving my (solid-frame, > all-steel, full-sized, '89 Crown Vic) Shaggin' Wagon. yeah, but you would also have the meanest case of whiplash(sp?) in the world. most people assume that cars are not build like they used to because cars nowadays crumple when hit. It is true that they are not built like they used to, they are in fact designed to crumple. think of the part that crumples as the foam that protects the harddrive when the UPS guy is chugging it into the back of his truck! bet you did not take that into account as you were making the calculations -- Munir Nassar RedConcepts.NET http://redconcepts.net/ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list