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Mar 14, 2005 | 01:59 PM

jvils

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Civic Crash

Just posting a link to thread in Cartalk forum. Pretty vicious bounce off a wall in the rain...

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=275322

Mar 14, 2005 | 05:31 PM

kster

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Ouch. After watching this, I'm gonna get a head and neck restraint system very soon.

Mar 14, 2005 | 05:39 PM

mikegarrison

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Originally Posted by kster,Mar 14 2005, 06:31 PM

Ouch. After watching this, I'm gonna get a head and neck restraint system very soon.

Most head and neck systems, including HANS, don't do diddly for a side impact.

Mar 14, 2005 | 05:50 PM

kster

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True, they are not designed for side impacts but they are an important step in providing a safer car. For the side impacts, I'm going to see how effective window nets can be.