schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoRepublicans Complain That Cars Have Become Too Safe, Say It Must Be Reversedfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1405arrow-down114 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldautomotive@discuss.tchncs.de
arrow-up1391arrow-down1external-linkRepublicans Complain That Cars Have Become Too Safe, Say It Must Be Reversedfuturism.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square88fedilink cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldautomotive@discuss.tchncs.de
minus-squareSippyCup@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 hours agoThe crumple zone is to slow the car down so the occupants don’t get tossed forward as hard. It has nothing to do with the engine block. That has its own safety system to push it under the car instead of back in to the cab.
The crumple zone is to slow the car down so the occupants don’t get tossed forward as hard.
It has nothing to do with the engine block. That has its own safety system to push it under the car instead of back in to the cab.