Question on car safety?

Question

How have the two packaging principles - direction where impact is likely and rate of deceleration - been applied to the passive safety features* in modern car design? (* Active features being defensive driving etc)

Answer 1

Vehicles have engineered zones to crumble and absorb impact forces --keeping them away from the driver--some cars have a motor that actually drops ouit and avoids entering the passenger compartment. The air bag is a suuplement to seatbelts---i a fraction of a second the bag inflates and deflates to keep you from head on or side impact forces. Your inside organs also travel at a speed that can slam together inside and rupture or damage those arteries and organs..and the brain against the skull. So you need to remember to use all the safety features and drive with caution....minimize the effects of the collision by driving defensively and watching for hazards---avoiding them or doing what you can to minimize the forces that build up--avoid a head on--a dead on is the worst because the two sppeds get added together to give you the impact speed--2 dcaars at 50 mph is like hitting a wall at 100 mph. Highly unlikely you will survive it. No matter how fast you collide--in a fraction of a second your body may slow down but your insides do NOT slow down--ripped organs and arteries are a killer. Even bones shatter from high speed energy contact with floors and doors and steering wheels. Speed kills. I see it everyday at work--bodies that a family will hardly recognize. How sad, !!