> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> Of Alan B. Pearce
> Sent: 20 November 2009 16:45
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [OT] What happens when you get rear-ended
> 
> >I'm lucky that he saw me when he did as he laid about
> >50 feet of rubber on the road before smashing into my car.
> 
> Given this description, I am surprised the cosmetic damage is so
small.
> Obviously things have deformed enough to limit the cosmetic damage,
but
> far
> enough to have tweaked the basic structure.

The bumpers on most modern cars are amazingly flexible, the fact that
the trunk (boot!) won't close indicate the rear panel and possibly the
floor pan in that area is bent. This is often enough for an assessor to
write the car off as a total loss as it's a fairly big job to fix this.

Regards

Mike

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