[Fwd: more humor/wasted bandwith]

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <v03102800b072d146e668@[144.89.161.9]> Brett Dikeman writes:

> ...they now have a super-strong steel second bumper of sorts, that's welded
> to the frame...I don't remember what they called it, but the purpose was to
> block cars from getting sucked under the truck in a collision.   Volvo did
> a study, and found that one of the leading causes of death in car vs. 18
> wheelers was the truck going over the car, so they put in the bar which is
> much lower than the bumper and blocks the car.

These bumpers are mandatory in the UK.  Some are quite sophisticated, with 
serious-looking hydraulic dampers. 

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club