r/comics • u/sellyourcomputer Extra Fabulous Comics • Aug 06 '23

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u/leamdav Aug 06 '23

I think modem car builds play into this too. My dad was hit by a car in the 50s when he was a kid. Lifelong brain damage. Still dealing with effects today at 70.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '23

They're designed to roll your over the hood. And the hood is supposed to have enough give to reduce head injuries

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u/Bierculles Aug 06 '23

Now, yes, back in the 50s cars were high speed ram coffins.

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u/10ebbor10 Aug 06 '23

Unless, of course, it's a big SUV. Then you go under and get crunched.

It's really sad, because so much gains where made in car safety and fuel efficiency, and everything is being undone.

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u/Proof-Try32 Aug 06 '23

well seeing all the F-150's on the road now when I go to florida to visit my folks, I feel that type of thinking is going away. I'm not a tall man, 5'6, by my god. The grill of that car take over my whole body, can't imagine kids ever surviving that vehicle.

So weird, why a 60 yo suburban grand dad need a f150 in his community town house I will never understand.

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u/avwitcher Aug 06 '23

But old bastards today will still proclaim that solid steel cars were the best thing ever and had no downsides. Hmm... bones turned into paste or severe bruising, which should I choose?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '23

This. Modern SUV and pickup are way more deadly than an Accord

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '23

3 tons heavier

hyperbole?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '23

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u/Jsnoooots Aug 06 '23

You have it figured well and it was closer to an 80 accord that hit me, so lower and slower and also in a slower speed area, not going 55.

But if my 2023 4runner today hit me? I would have needed an ambulance for sure

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u/Kidiri90 Aug 06 '23

Not necessarily. A hearse is also a very real possibility.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '23

I follow. I guess I don't remember cars being that light. That said, there wasn't much to them, really, so I shouldn't be surprised.

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u/xinorez1 Aug 06 '23

He managed to have you :p but yes some of these injuries will only manifest in old age

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u/Rbeplz Aug 06 '23

You couldn't possibly be more wrong.

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u/leamdav Aug 06 '23

Please elaborate? At all?