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2004 Audi vs Ford (1-1)
I had just taken my mother to the Denver airport. Twenty minutes after dropping her off, a Ford Ranger lost control and came over the median from the opposite direction. Going 70 mph, stuck in the left lane between the median and cars in the right lane, all I could do was to steer the car a foot or two to the right, at least avoiding a direct hit to the front.
Player 1 - Ford Ranger
The driver had been rear-ended by another Ford Ranger, he lost control and the two trucks came, dust flying,
over the I-270 straight towards...
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Player 2 - Audi A4
...me in the best car I've ever owned. Thanks to Audi's
solid construction I only had minor injuries.
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We decided later that if you have to have a front collision
on the freeway, the best way is to distribute the
impact (power factor..?) along the car's entire length...
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The Ford impacted just in front of the front wheel and
pushed in the sides and doors 8 - 10 inches. The door
beam broke and slugged me in the left kidney.
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The impact spun the car 180 degrees and sent it rolling
backwards 300 feet until I stopped it. I couldn't breathe
for over a minute and seriously wondered if I'd ever
breathe again. Seeing the car was about to get slammed
into the median from behind, I thought to myself "well...
the car's toast so who cares, but .. wait...
the junk yard can probably use the rear hatch."
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Confused and out of breath, I crawled over and exited
on the passenger side. I was lying on the ground for a
long time until my lungs finally started gasping. The next
day I found my sunglasses.. the glasses had gotten
pushed out of the frame, but they probably saved my
eyes from getting cut by the class. My left arm had
hundreds of cuts and a dozen small pieces of glass
stuck under the skin.
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I think the frame might be bent just a little...
The driver broke his leg. We're sitting in the ambulance
when the guy who caused this mess came over and
apologized. He walked away from it, uninjured.
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The only weakness... door beam hit me rather hard.
The windows exploded, see the blood?
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