In a message dated 3/29/2009 3:38:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after someone drove into his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They strapped him to a stretcher ("like Hannibal Lecter"), took him in for an examination, then let him out a few hours later, more or less intact.
Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is a write-off - it doesn't look at all as though it's been hit at that speed, or rolled. The car has more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them deployed. When he asked about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard enough. Yet it's a write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days - it probably saved his life. http://www.web-options.com/Audi/ Here's a very uninformative press report about it: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after-Leeds-smas h.5115560.jp Bob ============ I'm glad he is okay. You'd think because the car flipped, the airbags would have deployed. Odd. Makes me feel less unprotected by my airbags now. Marnie aka Doe **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for Under $10. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000002) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
