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mike · 4792 days ago · link · · parent · post: How far car safety has come: head on collision test, 1959 Chevy Bel Air v. 2009 Chevy Malibu
Cool video, but I'd like to see the shapes of the coupe (or cabin?) to see how that space changed in the collision. Looks like it just crumpled in on itself in the Bel Air. Also would be nice to see them cutting open the doors and removing the dummies.
As a teenager, I had just sold my 76 Camaro and bought an 86 Subaru when I was involved in a moderate speed collision. My Subaru shrunk by 2 feet, and I'm certain that that energy damping saved me from bad injury. I wasn't wearing a seatbelt (we didn't wear seatbelts back then). Had I been in my Camaro it would have been a different story.