> > On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 10:44, Munir Nassar wrote: > > 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 The smaller car is your crumple zone. When I used to drive charter bus, we joked that a car between us and a semi was an air bag. _______________________________________________ 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