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Old 01-13-2008, 12:23 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Peakster View Post
Collisions like those occur relatively often and you'd be surpised how people can be left unharmed. Look at this collision with a fleeing suspect in one car, a mother, and her child in another car:
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Remember, when there's 2 vehicles involved, there are two crumple zones. A vehicle hitting a rigid barier at "X" speed is the same as two identical vehicles colliding head on at "X" speed, times two.
Interesting collision -- it looks like a BMW 3 series and perhaps a Dodge Stratus? This is an interesting case, with the "wedge" action (resulting in an offset-type collision). The crumple zones did their job and it looks like both vehicles took the impact well -- all parties were OK. The speed of both vehicles had to be at least 45 by the looks of it.

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