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To: RayChuang88
No certification will ever convince me that today's cars are safer than our classic steal.

And the craftsmanship can't be topped!

35 posted on 12/21/2007 6:50:55 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Calpernia
Actually, older cars are actually less safe for these reasons:

1) There's no "give" in the body to absorb the force of the impact--the impact forces transmit all the way to the passenger with deadly results.
2) The interior of the car are full of hard parts that could cause serious or lethal injury when the passenger suffers what's known as the "second impact" when they're jostled around inside the car.
3) The design of the safety belts on older cars may not properly reduce the force of the "second impact" inside the car.

37 posted on 12/21/2007 6:58:51 AM PST by RayChuang88
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