Many (most) modern cars have a structural energy absorbing bumper (usually a plastic or foam)that is covered by a lightweight plastic panel. It is possible to damage the bumper, and not hurt the cover. The bumper should be checked anytime there is even minor impact to the front or rear. And there was an E-mail circulating our area recently. There were instants where the bumper had been removed, and not replaced. Maybe insurance or someone even paid for it and the body shop cheated!!! :(  The issue is that a good energy absorber could make the difference between minor and major injury!


---- Michael Rigby-Jones <Michael.Rigby-Jones@oclaro.com> wrote: 
> 
> 
> > -----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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