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Kaiser Soze · #1 Post by **Kaiser Soze** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:09 am

Got these pics from a guy I know on another forum. This *was* his car before he was rearended by a truck going 50mph.

Just a nice reminder to keep an eye on the mirrors when you're at a light. I don't think most motorcycles could absorb this kind of impact and let you walk out of it, like he did from this car.

Just.... damn.

sharpmagna · #2 Post by **sharpmagna** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:39 am

And this is why my other vehicle is a Toyota! Looks like all the safety measures of the crumple zones did what they were designed to do.

dieziege · #3 Post by **dieziege** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:45 am

sharp... look at the driver's seat.... it is bent over backwards... I'm betting 'cause the back seat whacked it a good one. To me that says anyone in the back seat would've had a bad day.

I'll grant you, the rear door opens and closes... that's pretty remarkable and says it can't have been all that bad.

SuperRookie · #4 Post by **SuperRookie** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:47 am

Sh*t...on a bike, that's there's a fatality.

jonnythan · #5 Post by **jonnythan** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:49 am

dieziege wrote:sharp... look at the driver's seat.... it is bent over backwards... I'm betting 'cause the back seat whacked it a good one. To me that says anyone in the back seat would've had a bad day.

I'll grant you, the rear door opens and closes... that's pretty remarkable and says it can't have been all that bad.

Not cause the backseat whacked it, because there was a human being sitting in the seat. The seat had to accelerate that human being from 0 to 30 or whatever in about 200 ms.

It's really impressive how well that car withstood that crash. No deformation of the passenger compartment at all.

sharpmagna · #6 Post by **sharpmagna** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:57 am

dieziege wrote:sharp... look at the driver's seat.... it is bent over backwards... I'm betting 'cause the back seat whacked it a good one. To me that says anyone in the back seat would've had a bad day.

I'll grant you, the rear door opens and closes... that's pretty remarkable and says it can't have been all that bad.

How do you figure the back seat wacked it? From the picks the back seats are all up (Most toyota cars have a 60/40 split rear seat). If the drive's seat was wacked and bent that way, why wasn't the passenger seat also bent that way?

Maybe the weight of the driver pushed it back since he was struck from the rear. No mention was made of there being a passenger so I assume there was none and that is why the passenger seat looks fine.

dieziege · #7 Post by **dieziege** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:36 am

Yep... driver weight is a good/better explanation... a better way of saying what I meant was that if someone had been sitting there they woudn't have enjoyed the feeling of their legs being mashed by the driver's seat.

Bachstrad37 · #8 Post by **Bachstrad37** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:05 am

Anyone notice the big red sweat pants hanging out on the last picture?

Looks like a tongue.

The Grinch · #9 Post by **The Grinch** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:14 am

It's even worse when you're rear-ended on a motorcycle:

Ouch! That had to hurt.

sharpmagna · #10 Post by **sharpmagna** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:34 am

Since the driver's seat was devastated, what kind of injuries did the driver have? Whiplash maybe?