I had a similar experience seeing the results of a collision between my big US car and a drunk Honda driver a bunch of years back. After that I got a big Chevy Van for my wife to drive my kids around in
I had a similar experience seeing the results of a collision between my big US car and a drunk Honda driver a bunch of years back. After that I got a big Chevy Van for my wife to drive my kids around in.
I hope that you and yours emerged safely from that incident.
After years in the fire service and prehospital EMS, I've found that quite often when there's a significant weight difference between vehicles involved in a collision the heavier vehicle usually "wins" in terms of having the lesser occupant injuries despite any airbags, crush zones, etc. etc. in the smaller vehicle. Technology can do wonders, but when there's a significant weight difference, mass usually wins the day.
I had an accident a couple of years ago involving a speeding Kia sedan blowing a red light and plowing into the driver's door of the stoatmobile, which at that time as a 'fullsize' Dodge van. The force was such that it threw my van across the intersection to the opposite corner, and totalled both vehicles. Although I sustained a broken collarbone, I credit my height above the ground as well as the mass of my vehicle in saving my life.
Although I wrote a thank-you letter to Chrysler, the current stoatmobile is an even larger Ford E-350 diesel van which has a full 1-ton chassis.
I am quite eager to avoid that incredibly stupid feeling of lying in the hospital, barely alive, and wondering if I would even be there at all if I had bought a slightly less fuel-efficient and politically-correct vehicle.