OT but interesting story

[justinp@palm.net (Justin Pennington)]

Eric is right... I'm a Medic and have been so for a few years.  And when =
it
comes to accidents some of the oddest things can happen.  Mainly due to c=
ar
designers making the cars to basically fall apart in the event of a colli=
sion.
 After all the Energy has to go somewhere in an accident.  Hence the crum=
ple
zone idea.  Sure it totals a car, but if the car can absorb more of the e=
nergy
then less gets transfered into the person.  Ive seen several accidents wh=
ere
Engines have come apart from the vehicle.  And even some where Hoods and
Hatches/Trunks have come apart.  After all the more energy that gets dive=
rted
the better off the patient usually is.
Just my input.
Justin

Ps. Anyone in the MD/PA/DE/NJ area that is looking for some scirocco proj=
ect
contact me.  I am considering selling both of mine (one needs work to run=
, one
is parts car)


Message: 77
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 19:49:05 -0600 (MDT)
From: Night Shadow <soltwede@privateI.com>
To: Wes Brockway <KYWes@bellsouth.net>
cc: Larry <rocco16v@netzero.com>, Michael Abatzis <abatzis2@hotmail.com>,=

scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: OT but interesting story

> Interesting thread responses here but I had listed the stoy because of =
the
> info that the engine had pulled loose from the car and traveled 65 ft. =
Is
> this not a surprise to anyone? Not what I would expect to happen.

Actually, yes, this is normal. Volvo has done this for years. In the
case of a head on crash, the motor is supposed to drop out the bottom of
the car instead of getting pushed into the passenger compartment. What
happened hear is the forces just pulled the motor out...I imagine not a
head on crash but more that the GTI slid sideways into a pole or
something...

Eric


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Eric
Northglenn, CO


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