In the initial impact inertia would cause you to "fly out the back" if
the seat mountings let go (which apparently was another problem with the
removable seats). Its not so much that "you" would be thrown anywhere,
but that the van would be shoved out from under you by the force of the
collision, and inertia would cause you to remain stationary.
The secondary impact is where I think the majority of the claims
resulted; say the van got rear ended, and then spun around and went into
a ditch or was hit by another car. Once the "hatch" is up, thats the end
of the protection for the rear seat passengers.
Craig
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Z-Sykes [mailto:MSykes@su.edu]
Sent: April 13, 1998 9:12 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Paint problems?? -Reply -Reply
hhmmmm.... good point.....
-mike
Actually it wasn't suddenly, they were opening during crashes where
the
van was rear-ended, never really understood what the big deal on that
one
was anyway, as long as your buckled up what does it matter whether
the
door comes open or not in a crash, especially the rear door, I mean the
impact from a wreck sends you forwards not backwards, so how could
you
possibly get thrown out the back door?
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