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Originally Posted by mike the snake
I stand corrected then.
I figured a bulletproof chassis with 5 point belts in just about any car would be safer than what we have today.
Now I see that a burly cage would make for such an unmoving structure in an imoact, that the driver would then take the brunt of the impact (snapped neck) unless the rest of the safety equipment were utilized.
So I'll amend my statement. If all cars today had burly roll cages, and 5 point belts, and proper air bags, and drivers were to wear helmets and HANS devices, then cars would be a lot safer. But we all know that won't ever happen on street cars.
So again, I stand corrected.
Looking at the chassis of those kit cars does make you think you'd be pretty safe in a crash though.
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Some of those tests aren't as accurate as they would have you believe.
For instance, the sprint car test where they had the car going top first towards the wall just isn't accurate. Cars don't run into things sliding forward at 30 or 60 miles an hour. The cars may be TRAVELING at those speeds but they are spinning as they strike an object. The impact has angular momentum that is not present during those tests that take away from the impact.
It's kind of like doing curls and expecting that to drastically affect your pull ups. It doesn't work like that. Isolating variables is all good for on paper numbers, but doesn't accurately simulate real world scenarios.
Jaden