Think again...pencero said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ptUrQOMPs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Damn shame about that H/O driver. 🙁
Tragic Head On Collsion with an H/O in MD
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ptUrQOMPs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Damn shame about that H/O driver. 🙁
Same thing happened to me 2-19-1985 at 5:37AM, I was driving a 1977 Toyota Hilux truck. He hit me headlight to headlight both drivers side. They got away with minor injuries. I had 19 broken bones including my femur pushed though my pelvis. Both legs both arms ect. You never know when it may be coming. They were four young marines that had been out partying and were trying to make it back to base and fell asleep. People drive like they either don't give a sh*t or are invincible. You are not, I can attest to that.
I was speaking more on the later olds / cadillac designs which were much sturdier. Also, its not very fair to ram such an old car into a newer car. What an unfair test. Obviously an old car is going to have weathered more so that test is kind of stupid..
can't seem to post youtube but here is the link for new car testing and I feel safer in my G body than I would in many new cars...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeTizNY0zDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeTizNY0zDA
You could make up scenario in which any particular car could come out as safer than another.
What we have here is a very unusual situation. First, there are simply very few older cars around to be involved in accidents in the first place. , Then we have the accident caused by a third party. Then the dynamics of the accident resulted in a fatality.
None of this is of any comfort to anyone involved, but mostly we DON'T have wrecks, careful drivers even less than most.
Over here classic car drivers get very good deals for insurance because mostly we drive our cars in a very defensive, risk averse manner. Certainly driving a '59 Cadillac with no seat belts, indifferent brakes, cumbersome handling etc. makes me pay careful attention to the road and other road users.The fact that I can't go to a showroom and buy another doesn't hurt my efforts at staying out of harms way either. But the unexpected might happen, and no doubt, I would much rather be in my wife's sardine can Peugeot if I'm going to have a collision. It's no comfort to think the car can be easily fixed if I'm going to be put in a body bag. Modern cars take the hit for you, You can buy another car, you and your family are irreplaceable.
Roger.
What we have here is a very unusual situation. First, there are simply very few older cars around to be involved in accidents in the first place. , Then we have the accident caused by a third party. Then the dynamics of the accident resulted in a fatality.
None of this is of any comfort to anyone involved, but mostly we DON'T have wrecks, careful drivers even less than most.
Over here classic car drivers get very good deals for insurance because mostly we drive our cars in a very defensive, risk averse manner. Certainly driving a '59 Cadillac with no seat belts, indifferent brakes, cumbersome handling etc. makes me pay careful attention to the road and other road users.The fact that I can't go to a showroom and buy another doesn't hurt my efforts at staying out of harms way either. But the unexpected might happen, and no doubt, I would much rather be in my wife's sardine can Peugeot if I'm going to have a collision. It's no comfort to think the car can be easily fixed if I'm going to be put in a body bag. Modern cars take the hit for you, You can buy another car, you and your family are irreplaceable.
Roger.
I almost hate to ask this, but it wasn't anyone we know, was it? In any case I'm sad to hear this, especially during the holidays.
You do know that you tube video there is more than meets the eye. The engine and transmission was removed from the 59 before they did the crash. If you look into it you will find the info online. Second this is exactly what the goverment wants you to think. This way people will go out and buy new cars and sales will go up for auto makers. Do i think new cars are safer? New cars are made to fold, i do lots of collision and salvage and its a different ball game. I still would drive my suburban over a tin can anyday.
gmparts said:
I'm not one to normally defend our various government agencies but I'd like to see definitive proof that they cheated on this.
http://jalopnik.com/5364071/yes-the-iihs-crashed-59-chevy-had-an-engine
I'll have to ask that this definitely positively absolutely not turn into some political thing or I'm bringing out the mod scissors. I mean, cmon, that could have been any one of us, regardless.
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