Originally Posted By: Spillips
That's wrong.. youre enhancing them. Any energy that can be deflected away from the driver, in this case to under the car, is good. Might even save the grille and front end.. all depends on how hard hit.
Ever had a push bar or bull bar or bully bar or bumper guard - the proper ones, the frame-welded ones, not the dumb style ones that bolt on and don't offer any safety improvement - save a vehicle? Save a life? How about, for example, a drunk slamming into a tree? We can't account for all variables, but any layer of protection is good.
Sorry, but you're just wrong. Having solid steel welded to the frame doesn't "deflect" energy, it just makes you a human pinball inside the car.
Originally Posted By: hatt
Have you ever sit down and though about your "opinion." There's no way any of this stuff you're talking about is possible simply by having the hitch in. If the hitch isn't in it's not like you're crashing into pillows. There's a 3' wide piece of heavy duty receiver mount along with frame rails.
First, I haven't claimed it will do anything except make a crash worse. Secondly, it's not just my opinion, it's been proven to increase the energy transferred to occupants of the car.
I know how these threads go, people are passionate to the point of ignoring reason and science. I'll bow out now.
That's wrong.. youre enhancing them. Any energy that can be deflected away from the driver, in this case to under the car, is good. Might even save the grille and front end.. all depends on how hard hit.
Ever had a push bar or bull bar or bully bar or bumper guard - the proper ones, the frame-welded ones, not the dumb style ones that bolt on and don't offer any safety improvement - save a vehicle? Save a life? How about, for example, a drunk slamming into a tree? We can't account for all variables, but any layer of protection is good.
Sorry, but you're just wrong. Having solid steel welded to the frame doesn't "deflect" energy, it just makes you a human pinball inside the car.
Originally Posted By: hatt
Have you ever sit down and though about your "opinion." There's no way any of this stuff you're talking about is possible simply by having the hitch in. If the hitch isn't in it's not like you're crashing into pillows. There's a 3' wide piece of heavy duty receiver mount along with frame rails.
First, I haven't claimed it will do anything except make a crash worse. Secondly, it's not just my opinion, it's been proven to increase the energy transferred to occupants of the car.
I know how these threads go, people are passionate to the point of ignoring reason and science. I'll bow out now.