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Old 04-16-2021, 11:36 AM   #217
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Originally Posted by Dzmitry View Post
Interesting... so they want the car to break the person at the knee instead of the quad/thigh?
The idea is to throw the pedestrian up on the hood instead of down and under the vehicle (at lower speeds) since that will reduce the severity of the injuries. In theory at any rate.
It is funny that they push these points down where the bulk of the vehicles on the road are pickup trucks and SUVs with great be gapping maws of grills!
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