Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 03:02:26 GMT From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Info on the 97x
"Radovan Biciste" <rbicistenospamhome.net> wrote in message news:b53a1$41cb6582$d8cf2532$25930nospamd.meganewsservers.com... > I just thought it is more likely to get rearended in a traffic without a > chance to avoid it. > Radek > > Shane Almeida wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:22:07 -0800, Radovan Biciste wrote: > > > >> I'm always frightened when I see somebody with kids in the third seats > >> in Volvos on a freeway. Very ugly to imagine what would happen if they > >> would get rearended with an SUV. > > > > > > Would it be worse than getting hit from the side by the same SUV? I've seen Volvo wagons that were hit in the rear pretty hard, it really takes a tremendous amount of force to crush into the passenger compartment significantly, a hard enough collision that I really wouldn't want to be sitting anywhere in the vehicle at the time. That said, the rear facing seat is meant for occasional use only, I rode in one sometimes as a kid and they're not very comfortable, it's better though than sitting on someone's lap or loose in the cargo area if the rest of the seats are occupied.