Re: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New cars

["Tom Gilleland" <tgilleland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would be very upset if my 74 Imperial was involved in a crash, I love that 
car. But if my life depended on it, I would rather be in that car than any 
other vehicle I own. I undestand the newer vehicles absorb the impact, but 
they will have to absorb a lot of impact if they run into my two and a half 
ton Imperial. I may have seat belt marks on my body, but I think I will fare 
better than the person in the newer car. I don't see a Kia or Honda having a 
chance against my Imperial, especially if it's high speed, better call the 
Morgue, because you just hit a Sherman Tank. Now for the big SUV's they may 
inflict damage, but I think I would still be better off in my Imperial than 
any other vehicles I own.            Tom





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Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New cars


> If you want to play mass against mass, how do you think an Old Imperial
> would fare against a new 4 wheel drive 1 ton Suburban?  We hear the
> complainers whining about what an unfair advantage a large SUV has over an
> econobox all the time.
>
>
>
> > > 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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