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| Thread ID: 104838 | 2009-11-10 00:35:00 | Car or 4WD ? | wmoore (6009) | PC World Chat |
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| 828774 | 2009-11-10 00:35:00 | Question: If an average size person was standing in the road and was hit front on with the vehicle doing around 50km.....Which Vehicle would do more damage to the person ? The Car or the 4WD ? Car = Normal size family sedan 4WD = Large type (Surf, Bighorn etc) Answers please and Why. |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 828775 | 2009-11-10 00:37:00 | 4WD. Because they are higher and with cars they tend to scoop the body up onto the bonnet. And 4WDs have bull bars often too. They did a study on it and that was the conclusion. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 828776 | 2009-11-10 00:38:00 | What pctek said - higher, harder, heavier. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 828777 | 2009-11-10 01:05:00 | And 4WD flatter front you get whacked down and run over by the engine then the front axle, maybe a muffler then hello rear axle and diff then maybe a spare tyre. Car you normally get flung up over the car and people have survived being flung right over the roof. The exception being vintage cars like the Model A Ford for them read 4WD. However getting jammed between the road and underneath a vehicle is usually very bad for your health. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 828778 | 2009-11-10 01:10:00 | Kinda depends on what sedan hits you too I think. I have a fairly small old Nissan Sunny sedan, which is low and short overall. Compare it to a large sedan like a Holden VE Commodore and I'd say you'd be less damaged when hit by the Nissan than the latter. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 828779 | 2009-11-10 01:22:00 | A 4WD will cause a lot more damage. Chances are with a from the last 20 car, it will crumple. An SUV will most likely not. Also remember a Surf weighs in at 2tonne and a corolla weighs in at half that. Cars tend to have plastic bumpers, SUVs tend to be metal. Oh and bullbars :) |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 828780 | 2009-11-10 01:27:00 | And 4WD flatter front you get whacked down and run over by the engine then the front axle, maybe a muffler then hello rear axle and diff then maybe a spare tyre. I see crossover suvs or whatever they call them (RAV4, Forester, and all that) as cars. And are probably worse than cars because they will, like SUVs, fling you under, and sit on you. If you go under a Landcruiser, Pajero, Hilux, chances are the engine and drivertain will be too high to touch you. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 828781 | 2009-11-10 02:29:00 | Why pick on 4WD vehicles? ANY jacked-up vehicle from a moped to a Bobcat and a Hummer can inflict serious energy/damages to proteinous material (you) . Many variables come into "need to know" too . Has the person just eaten? Is the person presenting a dorsal or ventral view? How old is the person? Old bones break easier . Male or female? The female lower center of gravity makes the possibility of greater damage if the higher vehicle strikes her in her plimsolls* . * - plimsoll(s) - load line(s): waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 828782 | 2009-11-10 03:48:00 | I see crossover suvs or whatever they call them (RAV4, Forester, and all that) as cars. And are probably worse than cars because they will, like SUVs, fling you under, and sit on you. If you go under a Landcruiser, Pajero, Hilux, chances are the engine and drivertain will be too high to touch you. You wouldn't fit if you were a fat hua lol. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 828783 | 2009-11-10 08:56:00 | with cars, a person might be flung over the vechile, but also the person may be flung head first into the wind shield. 4x4 is always going to more damage. car will depend a lot on size of person and if its braking etc. either way hit by car or 4x4........your @#$% ! |
tweak'e (69) | ||
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