Bumpers aren’t for bumping–now they are for energy dispersal
I had a little fender bender last week. Nothing major and no one hurt (very low-speed thing), but I had to get an estimate done for the repair. While I was chatting with the guy doing the estimate I mentioned how my mom used to say “bumpers are for bumping” … sorta in reference to parallel parking…now a days though, not so much. In fact your car bumper is more for esthetics than collision protection. The protection parts are behind the bumper. The bumper, in fact is designed to shatter and therefore disperse the energy of the collision instead of absorb it.
Pretty amazing that cars are safer now, but the parts tend to just explode instead of twist, buckle and bend.
Tags: car safety
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