Kudos to the engineers!
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From: Montana Territory
Kudos to the engineers!
Last night on my way home from visiting relatives, a small ford contour made its way onto the interstate down the off ramp at my exit. He made it about 100 feet off the ramp before he hit a newer (00) chevy cavalier. At a combined speed of 130 mph, both drivers basically walked away. The crumple zones worked perfectly, the air bags deployed in both cars, and the cavalier driver was wearing her seat belt. The contour driver was drunk, and still drinking when I got to the car. Thats right, he was taking a swig of hard liquor when I got to his car, I wanted to beat the crap out of him, but decided that he was finally gonna go to prison for a long enough time.
Had this guy hit our Jeep, I'm sure it would have killed him. We would have gone right over the top of him.
Had this guy hit our Jeep, I'm sure it would have killed him. We would have gone right over the top of him.
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Luckily the cars were evenly matched, and I'm glad to hear the innocent person was fine...usually it's the innocent driver who dies and the drunk who walks away.
My truck would have destroyed that car
My truck would have destroyed that car
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Originally Posted by jdadamsjr
Nah, the new cars have a long way to go....
Don't you know it's Ford's fault for not including a feature to keep the idiot drivers from behind the wheel? :0
Don't you know it's Ford's fault for not including a feature to keep the idiot drivers from behind the wheel? :0
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In NM they do not do anything to DUI folks untill they have 10/20 it is sicking...usually kill some before they really take them off the streets.
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The only thing that I could see that would have been bad was the firewall ripped open on the cavalier, had there been a fire, it could have killed the driver, if I wasn't there in the first thirty seconds...
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