Re: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New cars

[Cadmat <cadmat@xxxxxxxxx>]

How Old of old cars are we talking about here? When did Imperial start incorporating crumple zones and the other occupant safety stuff? my 90 has them and air bags.. my 81 seemed to have crumple zones in the body ( no airbag) What about other years?

DR CHALLENGER <drchallenger@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

problem is that old cars dont absorbe the energy of an impact and the
passengers get the impact.


>From: "anthony romano"
>>
>Yes Indeedy. The cars are made of imitation metals/plastic today. However,
>the industry today tried to compensate this buy adding air bags all around
>you -failure.
>- To add to your argument, driving a car today is safer because you are
>driving a car made of METAL not a generic brand of metal. The cars of
>yesterday were face with cars alike cars-ie Metal vs. metal (flip a coin on
>who wins in an accident). Today, however, you have an advantage if you are
>driving one of these older cars because it's Metal vs. Plastic -Ie:
>Advantage- YOU! As they saying goes "They don't make cars they way they use
>to"! -Anthony
>




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