It is now.
The wagon is very big BTW
The pic is misleading then. What make/model?
It is now.
The wagon is very big BTW
The pic is misleading then. What make/model?
I'm actually born in year of the Dragon if that has any significance. I don't have a 3dice account but thanks!
Yes, in the civilized countries like the UK/Aus/NZ/S.Africa/Japan etc. we drive on the left...
Glad to hear you're in one piece dunover, not a pleasant experience for sure but as has already been noted, could have finished off a lot worse than you did.
The collision must have occurred at a reasonable pace, how the hell did the driver pile into the back of something that size?
Modern vehicles are designed in such a way that they crumple and fold up to absorb the impact to protect the occupants, so ironically the damage can look worse than it would have done in an older car, but the passengers would have suffered far worse injuries.
It's also why vehicles can get written off after relatively minor collisions, as the crumple zones do their job.
Some people think modern cars aren't as 'strong' (and by extension safe) as older cars, but of course the reverse is the case and it's common for folks to survive crashes now that in the past would have been fatalities, or at least resulted in very serious injuries.
Indeed, but no vehicle has ever incorporated anti-cretin driver technology. As I found out. Boy are those pyrotechnics behind the airbags loud.....
Typically, the decision to deploy an airbag in a frontal crash is made within 15 to 30 milliseconds after the onset of the crash, and both the driver and passenger airbags are fully inflated within approximately 60-80 milliseconds after the first moment of vehicle contact. If an airbag deploys too late or too slowly, the risk of occupant injury from contact with the inflating airbag may increase.