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  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Saw this elsewhere.
    Modern cars the seating area is supposed to be a "Survival capsule" Designed to maximize survivability in the event of an accident.

    I'd say Nissan's engineers did a very fine job.
  • I'd say the driver had an Angel on her shoulder and that the roof safety standard specs were met by Nissan. Crazy
    I'd like to see the recovery bill on that one.
  • rhagfo's avatar
    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    JaxDad wrote:
    Somebody traveling at fairly high speed in the Nissan and they guy in the Dodge was stopped, the road is wet and at the last second the Nissan driver punched the brakes. The nose of the Nissan went down and momentum kept it going.

    Once the Nissan got past the axles the RV acted like a (heavy) lever lifting the Dodge up by its hitch.

    It’s amazing there were no injuries, or worse!


    Sounds about right, a lot of front end damage to the Nissan.
  • JaxDad's avatar
    JaxDad
    Explorer III
    Somebody traveling at fairly high speed in the Nissan and they guy in the Dodge was stopped, the road is wet and at the last second the Nissan driver punched the brakes. The nose of the Nissan went down and momentum kept it going.

    Once the Nissan got past the axles the RV acted like a (heavy) lever lifting the Dodge up by its hitch.

    It’s amazing there were no injuries, or worse!
  • I'm guessing that Outback weighs a little more than 1397 lbs..

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