Glad I'm not driving a Ford F-150 Pickup!
06-05-2001, 04:16 PM
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Glad I'm not driving a Ford F-150 Pickup!
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...iihs-crash.htm
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06-05-2001, 04:21 PM
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Ouch!
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06-05-2001, 04:22 PM
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DAMN!
I see alot of those on the road too... and everyone drives them like their Porches.
I know I'll be rubber necking at one in an acccident soon enough.
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I see alot of those on the road too... and everyone drives them like their Porches.
I know I'll be rubber necking at one in an acccident soon enough.
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06-05-2001, 04:25 PM
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Ford.....they never learn!! They should take the Explorers off the road too!
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06-05-2001, 04:28 PM
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The quote sums it up....
"There was total structural failure".
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06-05-2001, 05:26 PM
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I watched the interview with the guy from the NTSB and I loved his reply to the reporter's question. She said "Ford, Chevy and others claim that it is harder to make a truck safer than it is to make a car safe, what do you say to that?". He repiled "Well it's not true cause Toyota already figured it out." Muahaha...... I'm glad at least someone in the governement isn't hostile to imports!
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06-05-2001, 06:09 PM
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Ooops, should have posted this here! 
http://www.acura-cl.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000918.html
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06-06-2001, 12:00 AM
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Speaking from experience, I can tell you that the F-150 holds up very well in an accident. In april of last year, I was driving a little over 50 miles an hour on a four lane road in my 1998 F-150 4x4. I got within 30 feet of an intersection, and the car at the stop sign on my right, did not look in my direction, and pulled out in front of me. I barely had time to even tap my break, and I slammed into his a-piller head on. I was going over 50 mph when I hit him. I knocked the car I hit over 50 feet. My airbags deployed, and luckily I was wearing my seat belt.
I was the only one who was able to walk away. The other 4 people in the Ford Contour I hit all left in ambulances, and I believe that if I would have been in a car, I would have been very messed up or dead.
This is the reason, after recieiving my insurance settlement, that I immediately went and bought a 2001 F-150 SuperCrew 4x4. My wife proudly drives it now, and I feel good knowing how safe she is.
I was the only one who was able to walk away. The other 4 people in the Ford Contour I hit all left in ambulances, and I believe that if I would have been in a car, I would have been very messed up or dead.
This is the reason, after recieiving my insurance settlement, that I immediately went and bought a 2001 F-150 SuperCrew 4x4. My wife proudly drives it now, and I feel good knowing how safe she is.
06-06-2001, 01:00 AM
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I saw this test on DATELINE the other night.
Those trucks are VERY heavy and well built.
In this type of test, that’s a bad thing because nothing gives when you hit a non-forgiving wall.
Imaging the same speed crash into a small car like an Accord or Taurus.
The Truck driver would probably have a broken leg, but the occupants of the car would leave the scene in a helicopter or body bag.
Shawn S
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Those trucks are VERY heavy and well built.
In this type of test, that’s a bad thing because nothing gives when you hit a non-forgiving wall.
Imaging the same speed crash into a small car like an Accord or Taurus.
The Truck driver would probably have a broken leg, but the occupants of the car would leave the scene in a helicopter or body bag.
Shawn S
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06-06-2001, 02:54 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Shawn S:
I saw this test on DATELINE the other night.
Those trucks are VERY heavy and well built.
In this type of test, that’s a bad thing because nothing gives when you hit a non-forgiving wall.
Imaging the same speed crash into a small car like an Accord or Taurus.
The Truck driver would probably have a broken leg, but the occupants of the car would leave the scene in a helicopter or body bag.
Shawn S
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I saw this test on DATELINE the other night.
Those trucks are VERY heavy and well built.
In this type of test, that’s a bad thing because nothing gives when you hit a non-forgiving wall.
Imaging the same speed crash into a small car like an Accord or Taurus.
The Truck driver would probably have a broken leg, but the occupants of the car would leave the scene in a helicopter or body bag.
Shawn S
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06-06-2001, 02:14 PM
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Small cars are subject to the same 40mph offset crash test by the IIHS, and some of them did very well. Check out the scores for a 2001 Civic here:
http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_rat...html/00031.htm
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06-06-2001, 02:31 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Shawn S:
I saw this test on DATELINE the other night.
Those trucks are VERY heavy and well built.
In this type of test, that?s a bad thing because nothing gives when you hit a non-forgiving wall.
Imaging the same speed crash into a small car like an Accord or Taurus.
The Truck driver would probably have a broken leg, but the occupants of the car would leave the scene in a helicopter or body bag.
Shawn S
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I saw this test on DATELINE the other night.
Those trucks are VERY heavy and well built.
In this type of test, that?s a bad thing because nothing gives when you hit a non-forgiving wall.
Imaging the same speed crash into a small car like an Accord or Taurus.
The Truck driver would probably have a broken leg, but the occupants of the car would leave the scene in a helicopter or body bag.
Shawn S
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06-06-2001, 07:14 PM
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No matter how fast you were going, when there is an accident involving one car broadsiding another car, the car hitting the side of the other car is almost always gonna survive if additional collisions did not happen after the initial impact, i bet you could have survived that crash even if you were in a hatchback civic...
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06-06-2001, 10:01 PM
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My Dodge Dakota pickup did extremly well in my accident. I ran head on into a group of Palm trees at ~40MPH with no seatbelt. All I got was a broken leg. My two friends in the car had their seatbelts on and suffered no injurys cept for minor cuts and bruises. I thank God I wasnt in a Civic or any little car because I know I wouldnt be here today. Like the guy with the F-150 I believe real-world incidents are a much better judge of safety than some crack ass labratory tests.
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ps: RIP Dakota
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ps: RIP Dakota
06-07-2001, 12:07 AM
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well its a ford!! also its a truck . lets face it , most people dont buy the thing for safety . ofcourse they probably expect some protection. I hate to tell ford that the institues crash test is more realistic than the government , but then again it is the best selling truck , so why the hell should they care.
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