Hey, I merely spent years working on severe car crashes. You've watched demo derbies, so I guess you know everything . . .
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Originally Posted by island911
So now you know how I think? ....and that I must be lacking an understanding of this topic? 
Not from hitting a prious at a closing speed of 50mph (25 each). "Ricochet" will be the Prius stopped and reversed, while the big boy keeps its forward motion.
Hitting a cement wall, or a another big American car sure would suck. But that is a different topic.
Understand, a prius hitting a wall is just the weight of the car. . . .When hit by a car with an extra ~1500_lbs, well that is going to not just stop the pious, but send if backwards. Furthermore, the old cars were not soft - think battering ram. I think that if you went to some demo-derbies you would have some appreciation for what survives, and how. |