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Message: <blockquote data-quote="todd2231048" data-source="post: 30748537" data-attributes="member: 96568">Saw this in the FB comments section This is a good example of how modern crumple zones function. As it collided and went underneath the truck, the bonnet area appears to have absorbed the majority of the impact, resulting in significant damage to the engine bay and front end. This is exactly how the vehicle is designed to respond, with the front structure absorbing the force to help protect the occupants. In the past, many vehicles, especially those built several decades ago including some of the old vehicles you find in Sri Lanka, either had rigid structures that transferred most of the impact force directly to the occupants, or they lacked the engineering to protect the cabin, resulting in massive deformation even at relatively low speeds, and possibly death to the occupants. But modern vehicles are designed with engineered crumple zones that deform in a controlled manner during a collision. These zones absorb and remove most of the initial impact energy, reducing the force transmitted to the passenger compartment and thereby enhancing occupant safety. But a lot of Sri Lankans seem to be extremely uneducated when it comes to how vehicles structures work. Hard to believe in today’s world where you literally have the internet in the palm of your hand.</blockquote>

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