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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
"100 mph closing speed". Think about that, and tell me what it is you'd have to be in to come out OK.
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we aren't talking "ok" at that speed. we're talking harm reduction. And I'd bet a large sum of money that if you simulated the accident once with the OP (or anyone else) being in a small car like a Metro and again being in, say, the Bronco he mentioned, he'd come out less injured in the Bronco. I agree with the sentiment that it's a selfish choice because of course what harm isn't done to you because you're in a bigger vehicle is now done to the other victim because they hit a bigger vehicle. The fact remain that, broadly speaking, a vehicle with more mass, more vehicle between the driver and the other vehicle, designed to support more weight, is where you want to be in a multi-vehicle collision.