Re: 50th anniversary Test Crash. '59 Chev vs. '09 Chev

Posted by Chuckltd On 2009/9/24 0:23:24

I've only 2 accident experiences, one I was in and one I had to repair afterwards. My mother's last husband was stopped waiting to make a left turn when someone just plowed into the back of his car at road speed.(about 35-40)
No injuries other than some soreness later on his part and $25 damage to his 1984 Crown vic. A bumper bracket and a bumper. The car that hit him was totaled. That was a fresh off the lot 2004 or 2003 Sable.
The one I was in involved my 73 Buick Lesabre cutting a 96 Corsica in half and sending everything south of the rear door into Summit lake. No injuries to myself or other driver except some soreness later. Corsica=totaled 73 Lesabre had a crushed headlight bezel, chip on bumper and fender eyebrow, and a cracked headlight that still worked on the way home. The other driver had run a red light and was lucky I managed to avoid the doors. Afterwards, she complained about what I did to her car and told me about being hit on the other side at the same intersection a month prior.
I agree that great advances in safety have been made. At the same time great retreats in driver's ed.
I grew up in a house with asbestos shingles and painted with lead based paint. Rode in and drove cars with single system brakes, lap belts or sometimes no seatbelts, no collapsible column, no side marker lights and often no passenger side mirror. These couldn't be all bad since I'm still here.