That car wouldn't be a total write off in the states. It would appear
that the damage is largely cosmetic. Air bags generally deploy on
violent side impacts or sever deceleration. You can have a pretty
serious accident without airbag deployment. Thankfully. Airbags are
expensive.
Paul
On Mar 29, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Bob W wrote:
My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after someone
drove into
his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped
inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They strapped
him to a
stretcher ("like Hannibal Lecter"), took him in for an examination,
then let
him out a few hours later, more or less intact.
Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is a write-off - it
doesn't
look at all as though it's been hit at that speed, or rolled. The
car has
more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them deployed. When he
asked
about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard enough. Yet it's a
write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days - it
probably
saved his life.
http://www.web-options.com/Audi/
Here's a very uninformative press report about it:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after-Leeds-smas
h.5115560.jp
Bob
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