RE: Audi snubbed again

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On Wed, 19 Apr 1995, Matt Bartholomew wrote:

> I'm also curious about how foot placement at the time of the crash
> affects the injury probability.  Do they assume that the left foot
> is on the clutch or on the dead-pedal?  Do they assume that the 
> right foot is on the gas or on the brake?  Maybe there's a difference.

Matt,

	When I was doing crash testing on the @#$&*^(better not say:-) ) 
it made quite a difference where the feet were placed.  As a 
matter of fact, teh technicians would sometimes tweak the 
positions to increase the chances of passing on the femur loads.  
Personally, I think that even a pass (2250lb on each femur!!!) is 
pretty liberal.  I would hate to have that kind of load on my 
femurs, even if it was in an Audi.

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey

'86 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro		'83 Mazda RX7, SCCA Solo II F-Prepared
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