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From: https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/air-bags
Frontal air bags are generally designed to deploy in "moderate to severe" frontal or near-frontal crashes, which are defined as crashes that are equivalent to hitting a solid, fixed barrier at 8 to 14 mph or higher. (This would be equivalent to striking a parked car of similar size at about 16 to 28 mph or higher.) As it was a car on car incident, we can ignore the 'solid, fixed barrier' speeds. As you were both moving, the text above indicates the speed differential between you must have been 16 to 28 mph. If I remember my physics correctly. (It has been a while...) The Ka is a much smaller, lighter vehicle than the 75/ZT, so it may have been going faster (i.e. more momentum or mass multiplied by velocity) to have deployed the airbags in your car. The Ka's airbags would have deployed at a lower speed than yours as your car is heavier and would appear to it to be a more 'solid' object. |
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If she wasn't there when he pulled out then she must have been travelling too fast, but without any witnesses or CCTV footage it will be impossible to prove. |
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No witnesses and no CCTV footage So only way to prove that she was responsible is by proving that she was going faster than the speed limit (15km/h) Which explains: -My passenger side airbag deploying (while i was already driving forward with 15km/h) -The fact that my rear rim is bent all the way in. Last edited by Mertens34; 12th July 2017 at 12:43.. |
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I'm no expert, although I raced bangers for years so have had my fair share of shunts from all angles, but if you were to rotate the red arrow at the rear clockwise by 45 odd degrees, that is where I'd have expected the direction of impact to have come from. My apologies if I have missed any rear end damage - do post a picture of the rear of your car, and I wish you good luck with your claim. Last edited by Mike Noc; 12th July 2017 at 12:30.. |
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I have also sent this picture to the insurance company. Which basically explains where she hit me first and how she ended up hitting my rim with full force. Last edited by Mertens34; 12th July 2017 at 12:46.. |
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Hi Martens34,
The above picture shows the damage to the bumper on your car, from your pic the damage looks high on the bumper so I made a couple of pics for you as I have a Ford Ka which I'm using to teach my kids to drive in. Pic shows the measurements of the Ford Ka front bumper from ground level is 490 mm before it curves back towards the bonnet. I'm no expert but it would appear reasonable to say there should be no damage inflicted by the Fords bumper above 500 mm. This pic shows my Tour back bumper measured from the ground up:- As you can see from my Tour the height from ground level is 640 mm, your damage is higher again IMO than the Ford Ka could have done.. Last edited by rustymotor; 14th July 2017 at 09:30.. |
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Basic physics disproves your conclusion unless and until you visit the scene of the accident and take scene specific measurements,. |
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What I'm saying is the damage on the Rover is higher than the bumper on Ford Ka..unless it was flying through the air..
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