Glad to see he is well, after the major hit he and that G30 5 series went through
A testament to the work the IIHS-HLDI has done over the years
Retired IIHS chief survives severe crash
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Glad to see he is well, after the major hit he and that G30 5 series went through
A testament to the work the IIHS-HLDI has done over the years
Good question
https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/fo...how-his-car-protected-him-in-high-speed-crash
Lund estimates he was traveling 60 or 65 mph. The other car was going about 50.
“This was a high-speed crash, one that probably 10 years ago, I wouldn’t be here to talk to you about it,” he said recently.
Sadly, the other driver, a 29-year-old woman, was thrown from her car during the crash and died. When the crash occurred, she was driving the wrong way after making a U-turn in the southbound lanes.
Lund, who retired from IIHS-HLDI in 2017, credits his car, a 2020 BMW 540i with saving his life. The model, a 2020 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK, earned good ratings in all six crashworthiness tests, including the ones most applicable to Lund’s crash, the small overlap front and roof strength.
The other car in the crash, a 2016 BMW 228i, also had good crashworthiness ratings for the five tests that IIHS was conducting in 2016. Because the driver wasn’t belted, she was ejected from the vehicle, virtually eliminating any chance of survival. Without knowing more about the condition of her car, it’s impossible to say whether she would have survived this particular crash even if she had been belted. After striking Lund’s car, her car immediately collided with the jersey barrier. In addition, because of its smaller size and lighter weight, the midsize 2 series was at a disadvantage in a crash with the 5 series, a large car
That's a real shame
Wear your seatbelts people
Virginia driver going the wrong way in the express lanes. I'd wonder how they managed to not notice, but I live in Virginia, and see these oblivious drivers every single day.
Probably bc they are texting while driving.
Last week I witnessed a highway-speed head-on crash between a half-ton pickup and a Ford Explorer. The Ford driver fell asleep or something and drifted way into the oncoming lane. Impact was at the right front of both vehicles; the Explorer went into the ditch and rolled onto the roof.
When I stopped I expected the Explorer driver to have some injury, but the bonehead was out of the vehicle, standing and talking once we worked one of the doors open. The fact that the impact was on the right corner of each vehicle was probably a factor that neither driver was hurt by cabin intrusion, but modern restraints clearly kept both guys safe as well.
When I stopped I expected the Explorer driver to have some injury, but the bonehead was out of the vehicle, standing and talking once we worked one of the doors open. The fact that the impact was on the right corner of each vehicle was probably a factor that neither driver was hurt by cabin intrusion, but modern restraints clearly kept both guys safe as well.
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I will never understand why people don't wear seatbelts. Maybe these people already have learning disabilities or something.
I do sometimes have thoughts about the safety of driving my '96 Jeep or '00 Camry if I were in an accident.
I wonder about it too, does not help that most vehicles today would probably go over my sedan.
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