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Originally Posted by basjoos
Two reasons to build an extended new front. It gives you the space to install a fully adjustable grill block (either automatically or driver controlled) rather than the "one size fits all" grill block most commonly installed.
Second, if you drive in deer country, a low sloped nose is ideal for sending deer up and over the top of the vehicle with minimal damage to the front of your car (and give any tailgaters a surprise). The typical flat front of a car adsorbs the energy of collision, resulting in lots of damage to your car. A low sloped nose simply redirects that energy upwards instead of absorbing it, resulting in little to no damage to the car.
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Why is it that the new bumper height laws state that a car must have a blunt front end versus a sloped nose ?
I get what you are saying and it seems like hitting a pedestrian with a blunt front would transfer all the force to the persons torso.
A sloped , low slung nose would break the persons legs and cause the person to fall onto the hood of the car and spiral over the A pillar area.
Not to divert the thread, but just curious as to why the new bumper height laws are supposedly for safety.
EDIT : Now that I think about it, you would probably get more cranial damage being hit down low versus at hip level because you would hit the hood of the car with more force due to the increased distance your body travels after being hit.
On the topic again of "scooping" critters up versus hitting them, years ago when the Lamborghini Diablo first came out, I remember a journalist making the observation that despite driving on a warm summer night, the car did not have the usual splatterings of bugs on the windshield due to the cars sloped front end. The bugs just flew over the car.