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Old 06-10-2010, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by dallas_ View Post
...it is a bit disconcerting that there appears to be relatively little damage to the car for such serious injuries.
If you skid out, and come to a complete and abrupt stop by hitting a curb at even 20mph, your head will continue to travel at 20mph, which is roughly 30 feet per second... and it will be stopped by your roll bar. Blunt force trauma to the head of that nature can easily cause severe injuries.

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