Ronald said:
Every Volvo fans said that Volvo is the safest
car on earth - but what if Volvo crashes with
Volvo - will both driver & passengers survive?
Volvos are safe because the cars are designed to absorb the energy while
maintaining the passenger capsule in the least possible danger. That isn't
unique - all manufacturers design that way - but Volvo is very good at it
indeed. Because of the impact absorption, it is actually better to hit a
Volvo than to hit a lesser designed vehicle of comparable weight.
When I was young (no dinosaurs, but I recall woolly mammoth tasted like
beef) the old-timers were lamenting the passage of the old style steel
bumpers. You could run those cars into a brick wall, they'd say, and the car
wouldn't be hurt a bit. But where do you suppose the impact actually went -
mainly to that puny lump of flesh inside the car.
While we are on the subject, please - everybody remember your seat belts. I
know I'm preaching to the choir here, but two women I know through work were
in a high speed rollover accident last month. Both suffered concussions from
being battered against the doors and one is recovering from a broken neck
(fused vertebra now, but fully recovering). They were belted in, and their
chances would have been zero otherwise. The roof of the car scooped several
pounds of asphalt off the roadway and funnelled it in through where the
windshield had been... you get the picture. Safety really does matter.
Mike
