That's why SUV's are the safest choice. The high bumpers and heavy weight are double protection against the pocket rockets out there.
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Originally Posted by deheld In this case the Durango also had the advantage of being the higher car.
It hit the Mercedes on a point that is to high for the safety construction to be effective.
I remember an experiment on an english website. They took two identical vehicles, both Ford Mondeo's. The loaded one with the maximum allowable weight so that it was lowered on it's suspension. The other one was empty except the driver. They crashed those cars head-on at moderate speeds.
One would expect the heavier car to rip through the lighter car. But no....
The lighter car was more then a inch higher then the heavy car and hit above the safety construction. The lighter car crashed through the heavier one and was in better shape afterwards.
Between the Durango and the MB the difference in height is more then one inch. Poor people in the MB never had a chance. This is one of the reasons why governments (at least ours) is trying to restrict SUV's. |