Good vs Bad ride guard
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ompalomper ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-] actually, most modern cars are made so that the front will get smashed and act as a cushion to minimize the sudden force the cars occupants are subjected to to maximize their chance of survival
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carrotpotato (11/01/2015) [-]
I'd rather take whatever those words mean than death. Though.
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akkere ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-] You ever see something on the news or TV where someone got into a bad accident and they can't get out of the wrecked car, which usually leads to firefighters having to get them the 'jaws of life'? That's entrapment.
It's especially problematic if a fire is ignited somewhere in the car and it spreads all around, because now your survival of the impact simply means you're roasting to death unless someone can break you out and save you in time.
There's still cases of accidents where the design can lead to death, even some (though very few) that might lead to death where without the design there would be survival, but in general it is considered an absolute improvement for a reason. Kind of like how seatbelts ultimately save more lives, but there are cases where someone will be trapped within the locked seatbelt, or the seatbelt strangled them when the car was displaced a certain way due to the accident.
It's especially problematic if a fire is ignited somewhere in the car and it spreads all around, because now your survival of the impact simply means you're roasting to death unless someone can break you out and save you in time.
There's still cases of accidents where the design can lead to death, even some (though very few) that might lead to death where without the design there would be survival, but in general it is considered an absolute improvement for a reason. Kind of like how seatbelts ultimately save more lives, but there are cases where someone will be trapped within the locked seatbelt, or the seatbelt strangled them when the car was displaced a certain way due to the accident.
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cdm ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-] Basically, entrapment means while people are usually not as badly hurt in the crash, it can take longer to get them out, and longer to get them to a proper hospital. Generally, though, the good outweighs the bad.
The real problem's compartmentalization injuries, when some part of the body gets pinched by things folding in on it, letting blood pool. Especially in the legs. Er... It's a bit more complicated. If you want to know more about it, www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/compartment-syndrome-causes-treatments
Still, overall, the fold-in design is sater.
The real problem's compartmentalization injuries, when some part of the body gets pinched by things folding in on it, letting blood pool. Especially in the legs. Er... It's a bit more complicated. If you want to know more about it, www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/compartment-syndrome-causes-treatments
Still, overall, the fold-in design is sater.
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adrenalinbbq (11/01/2015) [-]
doesn't help when the front doesn't get touched and the only contact is with the windscreen. Saw an accident just the other day some dude's car went straight into the back of a truck...guess it didn't have a good guard because he was 100% ****** .
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wrinklynewt 
(10/31/2015) [-] not really
the one on the left does far more damage to the engine, but stops before it reaches the driver
dunno the damage to your legs, but for the one on the right your head is being smashed in
the one on the left does far more damage to the engine, but stops before it reaches the driver
dunno the damage to your legs, but for the one on the right your head is being smashed in
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vorarephilia 
(10/31/2015) [-] but who needs a head? peanut seems to be doing just fine without one.
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norrisblade (11/01/2015) [-] It's funny, there's a dude who lurks around the area I live and he's all kinds of mentally unstable, his name's Peanut.
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barakakaka (11/01/2015) [-] >>#3
Not really to the side, the engine just drops down so that it doesn't hurt either of the passengers.
Not really to the side, the engine just drops down so that it doesn't hurt either of the passengers.
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thepizzadevourer (11/01/2015) [-] Yeah, there isn't really a "good" way to collide with a tractor trailer
Just "survivable" or "really, really pepsi"
Just "survivable" or "really, really pepsi"
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hypocritical (11/01/2015) [-] might be to ensure that it doesn't get used outside of the test facility, similar to how they have that yellow and black pattern on the other parts
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reaperslayer (11/01/2015) [-] i don't think the wheel is white, i think it's just got something covering the outside of it, not sure.
but also notice the first car has a sticker on that wheel's rim and not the second car.
but also notice the first car has a sticker on that wheel's rim and not the second car.
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reaperslayer (11/01/2015) [-] maybe it is a white wheel, too tired to really tell, but dat sticker doe.
also reasoning from the covering wheel in white substance is due to the fact the rim looks duller in the first one than the second one.
but the first one turned, the second one stayed in it's original forward position so it could be lighting.
also reasoning from the covering wheel in white substance is due to the fact the rim looks duller in the first one than the second one.
but the first one turned, the second one stayed in it's original forward position so it could be lighting.
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masterjogi ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-] You can see the damage on a white wheel better, the right one doesn't really have wheel damage.
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elsenortamatoe ONLINE (10/31/2015) [-] They are spring loaded. We hit one at a retaliative speed of 45 mph, and just bounced off of it
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coffinsalesman (10/31/2015) [-] *relative. Retaliative sounds like the truck was trying get revenge on you.
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elsenortamatoe ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-] it was white out conditions. he was going 15, we were going 60
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animedudej (11/01/2015) [-] i thought at first it was some joke for "good vs stupid drivers" cause the right car didnt move...
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linkeron (11/01/2015) [-] Congratulations Evilhomer, you just saved lives.
A bit of context, I drive a truck for a living, the kind that hauls trailers like the one above. I just thought that the tail bar was for getting in and out of the trailer (Thanks inadequate training). Holy **** was I wrong.
I'm about to start buying my own trucks and trailers, and hiring folks to drive them as well as support staff. I haven't yet actually bought anything, but now that I've seen this I'm going to make damn sure my trailers' tail bars are up to snuff. No cheap ass trailers from the 80's for my company, **** that. Not worth it.
A bit of context, I drive a truck for a living, the kind that hauls trailers like the one above. I just thought that the tail bar was for getting in and out of the trailer (Thanks inadequate training). Holy **** was I wrong.
I'm about to start buying my own trucks and trailers, and hiring folks to drive them as well as support staff. I haven't yet actually bought anything, but now that I've seen this I'm going to make damn sure my trailers' tail bars are up to snuff. No cheap ass trailers from the 80's for my company, **** that. Not worth it.
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captainprincess ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-] that's why cars have crumlpezones
mostly to preserve the driver
cars are replacable
mostly to preserve the driver
cars are replacable
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cirononsappi (11/01/2015) [-]
that's ******** man. drivers are replaceable
I had an accident with a truck because - guess what - my driver was distracted and didn't notice that the truck before us was braking.
Noone is giving back my old car, it was a ******* pussy magnet, and now?
I had to buy a new car because of him, and then i had to find another driver anyway.
I had an accident with a truck because - guess what - my driver was distracted and didn't notice that the truck before us was braking.
Noone is giving back my old car, it was a ******* pussy magnet, and now?
I had to buy a new car because of him, and then i had to find another driver anyway.
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captainprincess ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-] Yeah ok
as a job drivers are replaceable
But drivers are people and people dying is worse than a totaled car
as a job drivers are replaceable
But drivers are people and people dying is worse than a totaled car
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captainprincess ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-] I would say not at all
but that's me
I tend to lean towards any and all people matter more than any kind of car
but that's me
I tend to lean towards any and all people matter more than any kind of car
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heartlessrobot (11/01/2015) [-] I'd rather lose one of the Kardashians if it meant a 1913 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost didn't get totaled, but I'll take, say, the Average person over any Volvo.
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captainprincess ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-] Yeah
Sure
I'll not make that bet but that's because I don't ever want to bet on a simple mechanical machine over an actual person, no matter who
I'd rather all kardashians live to old age at the cost of all the cars on the planet for now and forever, than bring myself to accepting someone's death as something that's ok because a cool car exists
Sure
I'll not make that bet but that's because I don't ever want to bet on a simple mechanical machine over an actual person, no matter who
I'd rather all kardashians live to old age at the cost of all the cars on the planet for now and forever, than bring myself to accepting someone's death as something that's ok because a cool car exists
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cirononsappi (11/01/2015) [-]
Who cares about him? He totaled my car, I broke some ribs and had a pneumotorax for his fault, and it was his fault anyway. A bad driver less. If he survived, he would be fired anyway.
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captainprincess ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-] He's a person
His life matters more than a car
Everything else is moot and you're absolutely right to feel about however you do
Hell even the above is arguable really
but imo
life > car
His life matters more than a car
Everything else is moot and you're absolutely right to feel about however you do
Hell even the above is arguable really
but imo
life > car
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cirononsappi (11/01/2015) [-]
well, but my car + my ribs + my lungs > whatever SMS you are receiving while driving
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mytwocents ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-] ... and the following cars push you even further into the truck, so u die anyway.
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grandmabetty (11/01/2015) [-] wow, whoever thought driving really slowly could cause such a massive accident
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samoaspider (11/01/2015) [-] the gif on the right took me suspiciously long time to load for me so I assumed the only way to avoid the accident was... to not really ******* drive into it
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anon (11/01/2015) [-]
one on the left would put an engine on your lap, would heat your blood, your dead. the real trick is to not rear end **** .
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toohundred (11/01/2015) [-] don't the dates on the trailers mean that the one on the left is from an older design, and that the one on the right is more modern?
