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sixate · 08-24-2004, 05:35 PM

For starters, when vehicles collide SUV's/trucks are higher in the air. Which means the bottom of the bumper will ride up onto a car in a head on collision which puts all the energy of the crash onto the car, most likely killing the front passenger/passengers, and that's a fact. So these fucking head on collisions into a wall with an SUV/truck mean absolutely nothing. Well, unless you hit a brick wall or another SUV..... BTW, most accidents aren't head on collisions.

And this death per 100,000 vehicles is a joke also. Because 100,000 SUV's are carrying waaaay more passengers than 100,00 cars, and that's another fact. So lets tally up the amount of passengers in the vehicles first.

The only thing that would worry me about driving an SUV would be rolling it. My girlfriend was borrowing someone's 02 Blazer last week, was clipped from behind while turning, and the Blazer flipped a few times. But because she was wearing her seatbelt, as she always does and I almost never do, she walked away with some cuts and bruises on her left arm because when the vehicle flipped on the driver side her arm was against the window, the glass shattered, which lodged 8 pieces of glass in her arm, then skid across the pavement for a few seconds until the vehicle flipped once more. She was lucky, the Blazer was totaled, and she walked away. I'm sure that more people would survive roll over accidents if they were wearing their seat belts, but that's a personal choice we all make, and I'll never tell anyone to wear one because I don't do it myself.

And I'll tell you one thing. If you had to be in a head on collision, and the two vehicles were a Mini and a full size pick up truck. Only a moron would take the Mini. A big ass truck will total a Mini. The truck outweighs and out powers the Mini which puts almost all of the energy of the two vehicles into the Mini. Just think. When they collide which vehicle is barely gonna move and which will go flying back 15 feet. I doubt I need to answer this. The vehicle that gets thrown back is absorbing nearly all of the energy from the crash. A truck would nearly run that little fucking car over, and I don't need to see pics from a stupid crash test in a controlled environment. Newsflash!!!!! Accidents don't happen in controlled environments people!!

Just so you know, I'm not an SUV owner. I own a Civic, and I'll bet my ass that an SUV/truck would absolutely kill me in a head on collision.

08-24-2004, 05:35 PM	#45 (permalink)
sixate Registered User Location: Somewhere in Ohio	For starters, when vehicles collide SUV's/trucks are higher in the air. Which means the bottom of the bumper will ride up onto a car in a head on collision which puts all the energy of the crash onto the car, most likely killing the front passenger/passengers, and that's a fact. So these fucking head on collisions into a wall with an SUV/truck mean absolutely nothing. Well, unless you hit a brick wall or another SUV..... BTW, most accidents aren't head on collisions. And this death per 100,000 vehicles is a joke also. Because 100,000 SUV's are carrying waaaay more passengers than 100,00 cars, and that's another fact. So lets tally up the amount of passengers in the vehicles first. The only thing that would worry me about driving an SUV would be rolling it. My girlfriend was borrowing someone's 02 Blazer last week, was clipped from behind while turning, and the Blazer flipped a few times. But because she was wearing her seatbelt, as she always does and I almost never do, she walked away with some cuts and bruises on her left arm because when the vehicle flipped on the driver side her arm was against the window, the glass shattered, which lodged 8 pieces of glass in her arm, then skid across the pavement for a few seconds until the vehicle flipped once more. She was lucky, the Blazer was totaled, and she walked away. I'm sure that more people would survive roll over accidents if they were wearing their seat belts, but that's a personal choice we all make, and I'll never tell anyone to wear one because I don't do it myself. And I'll tell you one thing. If you had to be in a head on collision, and the two vehicles were a Mini and a full size pick up truck. Only a moron would take the Mini. A big ass truck will total a Mini. The truck outweighs and out powers the Mini which puts almost all of the energy of the two vehicles into the Mini. Just think. When they collide which vehicle is barely gonna move and which will go flying back 15 feet. I doubt I need to answer this. The vehicle that gets thrown back is absorbing nearly all of the energy from the crash. A truck would nearly run that little fucking car over, and I don't need to see pics from a stupid crash test in a controlled environment. Newsflash!!!!! Accidents don't happen in controlled environments people!! Just so you know, I'm not an SUV owner. I own a Civic, and I'll bet my ass that an SUV/truck would absolutely kill me in a head on collision. Last edited by sixate; 08-24-2004 at 05:40 PM..