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To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 ----------------- 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
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