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Originally Posted by Stangkiller
The weird thing is the amount of crumple doesn’t necessarily mean much...todays cars are made to crumple in specific ways to absorb impacts and keep that energy away from the passengers. I was rear ended when I was 15 in my Keep Cherokee, the roof buckled around the passenger doors but all 4 doors still opened ok...it totaled the car but it performed as designed.
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That is exactly how the engineers that design such features into the car always explained it back when I was working in the car business and would attend manufacturer ride and drives.
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Originally Posted by Egnalf
by design. replacing a vehicle is way less expensive than paying for medical for the rest of an injured life. the Econoline vans would drop the engine down and rearward in a front crash to protect the occupants. truck would be a disaster but people walked away unscratched frequently.
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It's much easier for insurance companies to replace cars than to fix injuries, even minor ones. To them a broken arm or a soft tissue injury is a six-figure loss.
