q on bumper height / pedestrian regs...
#1
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q on bumper height / pedestrian regs...
with these regs in place, how do low sports cars get made and sold without violating them?
maybe the giant open air intake space on the bottom of this ferrari pushing the hood height up is 'enough' to get by?
seems to me that at speed that car would still destroy a pedestrian.
maybe the giant open air intake space on the bottom of this ferrari pushing the hood height up is 'enough' to get by?
seems to me that at speed that car would still destroy a pedestrian.
#2
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same here forcing the 'joker face'?
#3
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this is really low though:
#6
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Higher hoods are meant to provide enough crush room over hard points underneath the hood, like an engine block or windshield wiper motor, so that if a pedestrian gets thrown onto the hood, they don't immediately hit the hard, uncrushable item.
The cars shown in this thread are mid-engined models with the engine behind the cabin. Without an engine under the front hood, there is no need for the extra high crush space.
The cars shown in this thread are mid-engined models with the engine behind the cabin. Without an engine under the front hood, there is no need for the extra high crush space.
#7
Higher hoods are meant to provide enough crush room over hard points underneath the hood, like an engine block or windshield wiper motor, so that if a pedestrian gets thrown onto the hood, they don't immediately hit the hard, uncrushable item.
The cars shown in this thread are mid-engined models with the engine behind the cabin. Without an engine under the front hood, there is no need for the extra high crush space.
The cars shown in this thread are mid-engined models with the engine behind the cabin. Without an engine under the front hood, there is no need for the extra high crush space.
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#9
Out of Warranty
I guess the sale of these vehicles is limited to those places that have outlawed speed bumps. Air suspension must be mandatory, not for lowering the car, but for raising it up to clear ordinary urban obstacles like driveway entrances, tar seams, etc. .
#10
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I think the answer is they're exempt because they sell fewer than a certain number of cars a year.
People don't buy cars like this and worry about speed bumps lol
People don't buy cars like this and worry about speed bumps lol
#11
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Most of them have lifting mechanisms for speedbumps and inclines.
#13
with these regs in place, how do low sports cars get made and sold without violating them?
maybe the giant open air intake space on the bottom of this ferrari pushing the hood height up is 'enough' to get by?
seems to me that at speed that car would still destroy a pedestrian.
maybe the giant open air intake space on the bottom of this ferrari pushing the hood height up is 'enough' to get by?
seems to me that at speed that car would still destroy a pedestrian.
#14
Lexus Champion
Originally Posted by SW15LS
People don't buy cars like this and worry about speed bumps lol
#15
Lexus Fanatic
They all handled it though! Didn't hear any crunches
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