hoverfrog Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 my daughter was hit by an old lady, while stationary (she'd seen her coming and stopped)http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b134/loopyshetland/DSC000701.jpgHow fast do you think the woman was going to do this to a Renault Clio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paw862 Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Hi, based on numerous years of experience looking at crashed cars this was a low speed impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoverfrog Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 how low is low? The speed limit was 50kph... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 So was the car damaged when the old lady bounced off your daughter or vice-versa ? [8-)] Either way one of them packs a hefty "punch". Mystified of Lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoverfrog Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 the old lady was wielding a small green car at the time...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Your daughter has benefited from the modern car design which has done what it was intended to do and absorbed the impact of the crash. In the process the wing structures have collapsed to prevent injury to the driver.Unfortunately it means that simple crashes do cause a lot more damage than the old more rigid structures.Fortunately there are fewer serious injuries to the human contents of the vehicles concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 [quote user="hoverfrog"]how low is low? The speed limit was 50kph...[/quote]I would guess at less than 10kph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoverfrog Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 definitely more than 10kph... there's a better photo at:http://www.veytisou.com/figaro.jpgParties in both cars have seatbelt-shaped bruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 [quote user="hoverfrog"]definitely more than 10kph... there's a better photo at:http://www.veytisou.com/figaro.jpgParties in both cars have seatbelt-shaped bruises.[/quote]I can't see the pictures. I hope your daughter is OK. It's really fightening to be hit like that.Of course I hope the old lady is OK too. It's really frightening to hit someone like that, I would imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoverfrog Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 they were both very shaken, but otherwise OK.The worst one off was my other daughter who now has bruises on her bruises as she had fallen off a horse only a couple of hours before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoverfrog Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 I don't know who edited my links to make them into clickable links, but they put a %20 at the end of the 1st one and the second one was wrong!I can't 'do' links from safari... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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