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 > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply > to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm