craig1410
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 11:26 AM |
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Brooky,
Looks like we'll have to agree to differ on this one...
Cheers,
Craig.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 07:26 PM |
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shit
do you actually think side impact bars work!!!!!
they are a marketing tool.
a little bit of corrugated 1.2mm steel in a door is not gonna save you from a tree.
when mike hawthorn died in '59 when his jag broke in two after it hit a tree, you wouldnt beleive how puny the tree was. A little sapling about
5 ins round. Ok - the car was a 50s jag, but they didnt exactly build em light.
In 1978 I had a SEVERE accident in a mini, hitting a tree whilst drunk. I wasnt wearing a belt - it wasnt law, and it had broken anyway.
The car disintegrated. The side of the car at foot level was at windscreen height. The engine was out of the car. Both doors came off. The fuel tank
ruptured - even tho it was a frontal collision.
Mr tree had just a few bits of bark missing. Its still there 27 years on, and you wouldnt know it had been hit - and I coulda been dead 27 years.
So, how did I live ? Cos I didnt wear the belt, I was thrown down the road. Broken pelvis, burned leg, mild (yes really) head injuries.
If you had seen the accident - a virtual straight road, seen the remains of the car, and still im here, you wouldnt believe it either.
Trees are fu$^ing strong things - you never wanna hit one.
I suggedst that car, once hit the tree, was airborne, and the framents flung out. That explains the lack of ground markings.
atb
steve
[Edited on 1/4/04 by stephen_gusterson]
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Liam
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| posted on 2/4/04 at 12:58 AM |
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Lack of ground marks is odd, but it also looks very feasible. If you read the whole thread in the link, someone claims to be local and quotes (and
translates from Portuguese) a newspaper report supposedly referring to that accident in which two people died. Aah whatever - if you hit a tree
sideways going very fast your car will look something like that and you'll be very dead. Nuff said.
Ho Ho. Thinking about side impact protection and locosts at the same time always makes me chuckle (whilst simultaneously experiencing a strange sort
of nervous sickness). A cat could run into the road, hit the side of your car, and it's good-bye pelvis. Ok, slight exaggeration, but
I've always been very seriously considering side-impact bars on my locost. Coming round to the idea it can be done to look quite cool too.
This sort of thing makes me think 'what a good idea'.
Liam
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