HK piter wrote:
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End of the story... Deer Smashed, Road-rashed and very, very dead. 1971 Dodge Demon... slightly dented bumper... maybe about a *half* inch (remember those bumpers were half inch steel...) This was a 3 year old deer and probably weighed about 150 to 160 lbs, and the collision speed was about 60mph.
One of my co-workers hit a deer at 80km/hr (about 50mi/hr) in her pickup
truck on the way into work, and the truck did need body work.
From my own experience this does indeed sound right... provided the car was not
one of the tin coffins that people drive these days but a real car, made
properly.
Most terrifying incident in my life I might add too. But from that day forth,
I have never owned a car made after 1972... they just don't make em sturdy
enough anymore for my tastes.
As an aside: crumple zones are not "tin coffins" - they're shock
absorbers designed to dissipate the energy of a crash instead of
transmitting it to you. You may suffer more car damage with a soft
object than a chunky metal car will, but in a collision with a hard
object, such as another car or that barrier, the energy of the collision
is spent deforming the car instead of deforming you.
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Emily Smirle - Gal Dynamo
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