Many views from an NCAP 35mph frontal impact crash test. Pretty interesting. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCX-v1bNdjg"]2014 MINI Cooper Hardtop | Frontal Crash Test | CrashNet1 - YouTube[/ame]
Holy Crap Batman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look how far forward his shoulder belt let him go. Are our shoulder belts really that useless? My waist belt is always snug so as to limit shoulder belt travel but that dummy's waist belt was either way too loose or he just filled his pants with urine and feces. What do y'all think? Jason PS thanks Steve
^^^ Nothing especially notable about the seat belts. You need to compare it to others. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fQez2CVe-s"]BMW 328i (F30) | 2012 | Frontal Crash Test | NHTSA High Speed Camera | CrashNet1 - YouTube[/ame] Now for something really scary (but different tests and not comparable): [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I002GT1mK4"]Crash Test: 2006 Mini Cooper - YouTube[/ame]
True, in comparison. To me they almost always look like the tensioners failed. It may be the way they're supposed to work but it still seems like a crazy amount of movement.
Now I'm on a roll. The classics: Pinto, Vega... [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xauHCEVsEJU"]DEADLY CRASH - IIHS 1971 Insane Crash Test - YouTube[/ame]
Yep, that's normal movement - the belts are meant to stretch to limit accelerations. "I'd like to be held firmly in place so my neck snaps before my face hits the airbag and damages my eyeglasses" doesn't cut the mustard with safety engineers....
:cornut: Okay so R50s and therefore R53s also are very dangerous to their drivers in frontal crashes? Like the man said, "waiting for Dave.O-4-3-2-1":lol: Jason