Side Impact /Pole Impact protection
I do not know what reaction in the US and Canada,but we have been pushing this to be included into the , UN's UNECE regulations. Australia has led the way for the introduction of new side impact pro...
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OK sorry but this is real hard to believe right here.
Umm.. My BIL many years ago WRAPPED a 70s' Chevy Nova around a pole when he lost control (well above 70 MPH), ran off the road broadside right smack into a pole.
HE LIVED to tell about it, never even went to the hospital either..
And YES, the car hit the pole in the CENTER of the drivers door.
Striking a pole will impart much more energy into one single point that a CAR (a car impact in a "T bone" imparts energy over a larger amount of area than what a pole would).
I will say it again, I guess Australia is catching up on the safety thing..
However, even with improvements you will still be behind.. Pretty much ALL cars built for US sales now days also have side curtain airbags."
I owned a 70 and 76 Nova. if he side sideways into a tree at 70 mph hitting the drivers door dead center he would be dead. Unless the tree was a one inch sapling.
Don
Umm.. My BIL many years ago WRAPPED a 70s' Chevy Nova around a pole when he lost control (well above 70 MPH), ran off the road broadside right smack into a pole.
HE LIVED to tell about it, never even went to the hospital either..
And YES, the car hit the pole in the CENTER of the drivers door.
Striking a pole will impart much more energy into one single point that a CAR (a car impact in a "T bone" imparts energy over a larger amount of area than what a pole would).
I will say it again, I guess Australia is catching up on the safety thing..
However, even with improvements you will still be behind.. Pretty much ALL cars built for US sales now days also have side curtain airbags."
I owned a 70 and 76 Nova. if he side sideways into a tree at 70 mph hitting the drivers door dead center he would be dead. Unless the tree was a one inch sapling.
Don
