Re: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New cars

["Klebert L. Hall" <swampyankee@xxxxxxx>]

> From: "DR CHALLENGER" <drchallenger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New cars
>
> problem is that old cars dont absorbe the energy of an impact and the
> passengers  get the impact.

 Old cars don't absorb *as much* energy in a crash.
 If you hit (or get hit by) a modern car in an old car, the modern car will 
do much of the crushing for you. In a collision, the heavier vehicle 
transfers most of the energy to the lighter vehicle (which, in this case, 
crushes). Hitting a tree is undoubtedly safer in a new car. Hitting a car, 
is often safer (wearing belts, of course) in an old car.
 Old car above is generally meant to mean _big_ old car. Big cars put more 
distance between you and the impact, so that helps a lot. A '63 Falcon is a 
lot less safe than a '63 Imperial in a crash, and the Falcon probably 
performs very poorly safety-wise compared to a modern car. A collision with 
something bigger and heavier than you is also probably much safer in a new 
car.

  If I was in a crash between an (old) Imperial and a Honda Civic, though - 
I'd want to be in the Imperial.
      -Kle.
      '69 Crown 4DHT 




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