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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