It would reduce damage in case of a light contact
2006-06-19 01:17:59 · 15 answers · asked by bwadsp 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Good question. I dont think that there is an answer as all cars are designed with their own safety in mind. If all were the same it would reduce injury.
Especially those big bull bar things, even though they are now banned they have things just like it
2006-06-19 01:49:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good idea, but only for low velocities. At higher velocities (10mph or greater) the rubber would turn a fender bender into a neck wrenching accident. The cars might not sustain much damage, but the energy from the wreck would go somewhere, and a lot of it would end up hurting the people inside. As they are right now bumper are designed to crumble under impact to absorb as much energy as possible. This keeps injuries to a minimum.
2006-06-19 08:26:05 · answer #2 · answered by timtheenchanter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Standard height would be nice, but rubber? The purpose of a bumper is to absorb energy from a front or rear crash, and rubber deforms too readily to absorb much energy. Putting a rubber veneer on the plastic and metal structure would just add weight and cost.
It would be better to get rid of the sheet metal in everything else and use the new plastics that recover from dents and absorb energy.
2006-06-19 08:26:33 · answer #3 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not the car bumpers that need standardisation. What is needed is the number of brain dead motorist that venture on to the highway to be reduced.
There exist millions of drivers on UK roads that do not have a clue about driving. It is those people that cause the accidents not the car not the bumper.
2006-06-19 08:27:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in case of heavy contact (as in the sort that kills you) rubber does not crumple or break - it bends in slightly and then pushes back with equal force.... it thus forms an impenetrable line of force which retains sufficient energy to causre significant damage if you end up being hit by it.
2006-06-19 08:30:40 · answer #5 · answered by eriverpipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay- how are we going to match up the bumper height of my Ford F250 super duty crew cab to my son's Dodge Neon? My bumper is almost at his roof level.
2006-06-19 08:22:02 · answer #6 · answered by meathead76 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different vehicles (trucks, semis, off road, sports cars, sedans, etc.) have different uses and there are different requirements for road clearance. As to the rubber, I would rather see strong steel used (as it once was) for bumpers.
2006-06-19 08:23:13 · answer #7 · answered by Randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a motor viechle is not a bumper car the reason they are made from plasitic is for safety on bumper cars your doing less than 15 mph and they do hert when you crash head on!!!!
2006-06-19 08:31:22 · answer #8 · answered by paul s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Such that after collisions at HIGH speeds cars remain on the road and such that poison gas isn't produced in car fires.
2006-06-19 08:23:43 · answer #9 · answered by lansingstudent09101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they made by rubber then why we call they bumper's.
2006-06-19 08:20:50 · answer #10 · answered by rock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋