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Europe Test Side Impact - this is why Posted by 4saabs (more from 4saabs) on Sun, 21 Mar 2004 11:53:53

In Reply to: Incredible wreckage!, Street, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 01:02:32 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

At the request of the Germans side impact is part of the European Crash Test presumably because they get a lot of crashes like this on their autobahns where there is no speed limit.
Also the Europeans test front pedestrian impact and cars like the Honda Civic and Ford Focus are designed for this and do well in the tests.
American and increasingly Japanese SUVs are designed to kill pedestrians on impact and unfortunately the US Govt and Insurance companies do nothing about it.
SAAB redsigned the front of their models removing the headlight wipers because of the pedestrian impact test - the new front ends are friendlier.
Finally, note how well the seats have withstood the impact. Again in the US too many injuries occur because of feeble seats.

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Incredible wreckage!, Street, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 01:02:32
- Europe Test Side Impact - this is why, 4saabs, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 11:53:53 <-- Viewing This Message
  - Side impact test are usually carried out..., Street, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 13:28:07
    - Re: Side impact tests, agree with Street, andy , Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:05:01
      - Re: Side impact tests, agree with Street, Noel, Mon, 22 Mar 2004 06:53:47
        Unfortunately similar, fsik, Mon, 22 Mar 2004 08:00:01
- I begin wondering if it's posed...., Stefano, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 07:16:46
  - Re: I begin wondering if it's posed...., Greg W, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:20:13
  - Re: I begin wondering if it's posed....No.., Richard Miller, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 08:34:34
    - Placing details is just a matter of time...., Stefano, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 08:42:40
      - Are you saying..., Street, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 09:42:16
        Re: Are you saying..., Stefano, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:19:41
        Here's more info..., Street, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 23:23:09
        Re: Here's more info..., Stefano, Mon, 22 Mar 2004 05:15:48
        I agree..., Street, Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:12:39
- I think it is called "jaws of life" (+), Vlad, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 07:07:03
- 90mph looks pretty fast to me ..., Trev, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 10:55:57
  - The car was clearly going sideways at impact..., saabaru, Mon, 22 Mar 2004 08:24:08
  - Its 90 Kph, about 55mph (nt), egsAero, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 15:22:49
    - are you sure?, Trev, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 23:14:08
      - The car was travelling much faster than 90 kph........., toenail, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 03:33:07
        Actually, that speedo says nothing..., Street, Sun, 21 Mar 2004 05:51:35
- Gee and no airbag to save him. nm, Jimbo, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 07:00:19
  - As Street said, side impact = no airbag deployment. n/m, AdamB , Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:44:45
    - Not neccessarily-- my own wreck last year....., Traffic Shark , Sat, 20 Mar 2004 10:28:44
      - Side airbags?, AdamB , Sat, 20 Mar 2004 10:45:08
    - Driver with seatbelt may have survived., Jimbo, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:56:27
      - Looks like B pillar ripped away., saabaru, Mon, 22 Mar 2004 08:27:08
      - Re: Driver with seatbelt may have survived., AndyJ, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 10:57:19
- Re: Incredible wreckage!, Art, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:50:08
  - Re: Incredible wreckage!, jp, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 08:40:18
    - Re: Incredible wreckage!, Rick D., Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:25:17
    - The car snapped in two..., Street, Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:16:32
- Re: Incredible wreckage!, andy , Sat, 20 Mar 2004 05:48:51

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