[Scan-DC] Crash last night

[Doug Kitchener]

The wreck in front of Merlin's house was the night before the snow - he probably meant tires skidding.  Good point about the ABS... and I think somebody else mentioned that an air bag deployment can blow out a windshield... but yeah, from what I've seen it's a pretty big area as opposed to appearing as if an object struck it.
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> From: b_thom at juno.com
> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:39:44 +0000
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Crash last night
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> Hmmm, odd. I think the screeching must have come from the tires skidding on pavement, rather than from the brakes per se. Screeching tires, in a head-on collision, have just about gone the way of those ribbons of cassette tape that I used to see by the side of the road.
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> This must have been an older model car, as anti-lock brakes don't allow for much skidding in a head-on collision. Had the car been in a sideways skid, the screeching is still possible, but would not a snowy road have suppressed that sound?
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> Enquiring minds....