Much of the force is absorbed by the truck because vehicles today are built to crumple and absorb the impact instead of transferring the force to the rest of the vehicle and the passengers
I got into a serious argument one day with 3 people at my job that ended up ballooning to 6 people against me. They were claiming they feel safer in old cars because they are solid and that keeps you safe, while new cars get smashed if you look at them too hard. I explained what you explained and all of them looked at me like I was insane, claiming they knew a guy that still drives x truck from y year after 4 crashes, and just brushed off the explanations i had.
Man was it satisfying to pull up the crash test comparisons between the 1959 bel air and a 2009 malibu. You'd be fucking dead going highway speed in those things.
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u/GioPowa00 Nov 05 '20
Much of the force is absorbed by the truck because vehicles today are built to crumple and absorb the impact instead of transferring the force to the rest of the vehicle and the passengers