Cruiser Crash Design

[ZZCruzr]

Yesterday, in front of where I work, a PT rear ended a SUV import. It was a rainy morning and the road is a four lane, 55 MPH highway. I'm not certain what model the SUV was, looked like one of the new generic "performance" SUV's like Lexus maybe or BMW. It was a pretty bad accident, with firetrucks and ambulances responding. I don't believe fortunately that anyone was hurt. From what I could see, the SUV's rear end was pushed almost up to the back seat. The PT's front end still looked largely unchanged. (The hood was a little buckled and one quarter panel was slightly modified). If I had any doubt of the Cruiser's safety, I don't now!

[IRPT]

Sounds like the SUV crumpled as it should have but that the PT didn't, did you notice if the airbags were deployed in the PT?

[redrum]

a number of vehicles are designed with "crush zones" and it looks like the "rammee" had the force of the crash absorbed in the sheet metal instead of the occupants being subjected to the full impact forces in the collision. when the "rammer" has little damage, that may not be a good thing for those occupants, in that their bodies may have had to undergo the forces in the crash without the body work of their vehicle dissipating some of the crash forces. hope that everyone is well in that collision in front of you. those pts are pretty sturdy vehicles.

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03 GT