How about the fact we are driving faster these days- especially here in New
York -suburbs of course! I think they pushed up the speed limit to 65 mph
on route 95 and you know that ever one is going faster! Surely speed at
impact has something to do with it!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:20
AM
Subject: Re: IML: Safety- Old cars vs New
cars
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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