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  • driftin jo
    S2Forum Fiend
    • Sep 2007
    • 2222
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #16
    Originally posted by PeteRR
    What happened to the trucks 'Mansfield Bar' that's supposed to prevent things like this?
    Unless he was going at such a lick to smash that off too, and that's it towards the front of the car.....
    some are piss weak in the states, smashed in at only 35mph, see link.

    The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation and through education of consumers, policymakers and safety professionals.

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    • PeterS
      S2Forum Addict
      • Jul 2003
      • 426
      • Country: United States

      #17
      Originally posted by driftin jo
      some are piss weak in the states, smashed in at only 35mph, see link.

      http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr030111.html

      If you zoom in the picture (yes thats the drivers left arm hanging on the door)' you will see the upright for the mansfield bar on the trailer....
      Peter S

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      • PeteRR
        S2Forum Extremist
        • Jun 2004
        • 1326
        • Country: United Kingdom

        #18
        Not much use then are they.
        If you've ever seen the film The Seven-Ups, it kind of brings accidents like these home.

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        • spink
          S2Forum Freak
          • Jul 2003
          • 4382
          • Country: England

          #19
          Originally posted by PeterS
          If you zoom in the picture (yes thats the drivers left arm hanging on the door)' you will see the upright for the mansfield bar on the trailer....
          ah yes you are right

          but the side ones are still missing

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