Desoto Rollover

[Oldguy48]

  As I had posted earlier, I lost my mother this past week.  While perusing old photographs to use at her viewing, I came across this one.  She was on her way to a Sunday School class meeting one winter evening and the roads were icy.  The car slid, went over a bank, and rolled a few times before coming to a stop.  She was thrown out of the car, and because the headlights remained on, a passing motorist was alerted to the accident. She was transported to the local hospital, and though injured, she recovered.   I had remembered the accident, although I was pretty young at the time, but after looking at the photograph, I noticed that the doors had popped open during the rollover.  A scary photograph!!

[JerseyHarold]

That was quite an accident.  I've seen other Mopar rollover photos and popping the doors was very common.  It makes a good case for using seatbelts.

[falconvan]

Looks like that big old hunk of iron saved her life; try that in a Ford Focus!

[RobertKB]

I would say that pure luck saved her life. Anytime you are thrown from a vehicle, your life is in the hands of the fates. I would much rather have that accident in a Ford Focus or other new vehicle. Seat belts, air bags, collapsible steering columns, protective zones, etc. save countless lives.

[Plymouthy Adams]

For sure Robert..todays cars are built very tough with your very survival mandated by the government as they cannot afford to lose a tax paying citizen..

[Don Coatney]

. I would much rather have that accident in a Ford Focus or other new vehicle.

 

 

I also would much rather you have that accident in anything. If I have a choice I will choose to not have any accident.

[garbagestate 44]

Thirty years ago I worked with an old timer who was a mechanic during the 30's and 40's and he said that the cars were built like tanks but occupants didn't do well in accidents.

[larryconnors]

A lot of accident injuries used to be caused by the occupant hitting the inside of their own car. I remember and auto safety engineer telling me that the radio was a particularly bad part of the dashboard to be thrown into.

[pflaming]

Steering wheel posts were lethal as well which is why they were redesigned in the early '50's.