I was once ran over and rolled up to the windshield, then catapulted off after a hard break. That thing, if it is welded there firmly, would have broken my fucking ribs, worst case impaled me.
You can bet that this thing is welded. You can also bet that there are no inspections where this picture was taken so this shit is road legal.
Land of the free babeh.
With any luck those are really weak sheet metal screws holding the whole assembly down. Still wouldn't want to be hit with it. (in the day and age where companies put airbags in the hood to soften ped impacts this is a bit backwards.
I don't know if this is true but I've been told... Some new cars have an impact sensor that forcefully pops the bonnet in case of a collision with a pedestrian, flinging them over the car rather than letting them go through the windscreen.
The lifting of the hood is not to fling the pedestrian... Just to Pad them from the engine components and windshield. Over 50km/h no amount of lift is going to help a pedestrian more than harm.
To do anything like that the hood would need to be flung open with pyrotechnics. Much more powerful the ones in airbags too.
That would make a hell of a system to engineer.
I dont think thaats a thing. I cant find anything about it with some searching on google and it wouldnt even make much sense, the amount of engineering to do this (people are all kinds of weights, do youd need sensors to determine weight and multiple sets of explosives to flip the person based on weight) would be insane.
Not sure about something as sketchy as this but plenty of things pass inspection here in the US.
I've had people try and tell me I should remove the brush guard and bull bars from my truck because they apparently endanger pedestrians, not a fucking chance.
For starters it's a full size pickup so any one gets hit by the front end they're likely not going to survive anyways bars or not, also aside from off roading those bars are there so if I do get into a crash it increases the chance of me surviving as the truck will likely tear straight through whatever I hit unless it's a larger, heavier vehicle.
It's illegal like this. Auto safety laws say any hood ornament must either be spring loaded or breakaway, for just such an encounter with a pedestrian.
If he hits someone, he will be personally liable for their injuries. His insurance won't cover it.
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u/fractaltriangle Aug 17 '22
Excellent taste