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- From: basiji@stein.u.washington.edu (David Basiji)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: best car ads
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 23:03:57 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington
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- jmh@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Jeffrey M. Hoffmeister) writes:
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- >I've actually heard alot of reports about people being injured in
- >Volvos because the body is too rigid. Most new cars are designed
- >to crumple in a crash, thus absorbing the impact, Volvos are built
- >like a tank, therefore the body is left to absorb the impact
- >of the crash.
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- >Can anyone provide iany information to support/negate these reports?
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- Well, the situation is similar to the trends in bicycle helmet construction.
- You can build it to be very rigid so that it will save your life in a
- very violent collision but hurt (not kill) you in a lesser collision.
- Alternatively, you can make it less rigid and suffer no injury in a
- variety of mild collisions but die in the first violent one.
- You pays your money and you takes your chances.
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- I own both a rigid car and bike helmet (Saturn SL2/Bell TourLite).
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- David Basiji
- UW Bioengineering
- NeRD #3762
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