Micah

My stepdad got rear-ended in his Cherokee a couple years ago by a guy
going around 45. I'll have to ask him about it to refresh my memory,
but his seat broke as well, and I *think* he found out later that the
seats are actually designed to break at a certain point to keep it from
being your neck that breaks. I'm really not sure on that one, almost
hate posting that...

At any rate, if you can design ANYTHING that will withstand the
onslaught of a couple tons of steel moving at 55 mph... I will give you
all the money out of my wallet (not really). I'm going to go ahead and
vote with the crowd on this one, be thankful that it was your seat that
broke, and not your neck. No auto manufacturer in the world can boast
that its cars will keep your back from hurting after you get rear-ended
at 55. Seems to me it'd be kind of like getting in a fender-bender,
then suing the car company because their sheet metal was "faulty"
because it bent out of shape. Something's gotta give.

Matt Macchiarolo

If you were able to live through a 55mph rear-end collision, your vehicle
did its job. The only vehicles whos seats would withstand such force have
wings, jet engines and US Air Force insignia.

How could you have been flung forward before you fell back in a rearend
collision? According to Sir Isaac Newton, when your vehicle was suddenly hit
from behind, your body would have moved backward relative to the seat.

"wendy" <wlevand@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1164911825.117348.41160@16g2000cwy.googlegrou ps.com...
>I was recently rearended. I was stopped they hit me going 55 mph.
> They did not total the jeep but the damages were around $14,000.
> However, my air bag did not go off, maybe because of being rearended,
> but my seat also broke. So after I was flung forward, when I went to
> fall back there was no seat to catch me. Does anyone know the law on
> seats during accidents? Thank you
>

Matt Macchiarolo

If you were able to live through a 55mph rear-end collision, your vehicle
did its job. The only vehicles whos seats would withstand such force have
wings, jet engines and US Air Force insignia.

How could you have been flung forward before you fell back in a rearend
collision? According to Sir Isaac Newton, when your vehicle was suddenly hit
from behind, your body would have moved backward relative to the seat.

"wendy" <wlevand@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1164911825.117348.41160@16g2000cwy.googlegrou ps.com...
>I was recently rearended. I was stopped they hit me going 55 mph.
> They did not total the jeep but the damages were around $14,000.
> However, my air bag did not go off, maybe because of being rearended,
> but my seat also broke. So after I was flung forward, when I went to
> fall back there was no seat to catch me. Does anyone know the law on
> seats during accidents? Thank you
>

Matt Macchiarolo

If you were able to live through a 55mph rear-end collision, your vehicle
did its job. The only vehicles whos seats would withstand such force have
wings, jet engines and US Air Force insignia.

How could you have been flung forward before you fell back in a rearend
collision? According to Sir Isaac Newton, when your vehicle was suddenly hit
from behind, your body would have moved backward relative to the seat.

"wendy" <wlevand@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1164911825.117348.41160@16g2000cwy.googlegrou ps.com...
>I was recently rearended. I was stopped they hit me going 55 mph.
> They did not total the jeep but the damages were around $14,000.
> However, my air bag did not go off, maybe because of being rearended,
> but my seat also broke. So after I was flung forward, when I went to
> fall back there was no seat to catch me. Does anyone know the law on
> seats during accidents? Thank you
>

Mike Romain

Your memory is good. Seats are designed to break for that reason. The
OP is lucky the back isn't broken, at the top....

The 'whiplash' factor is nasty though.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Micah wrote:
>
> My stepdad got rear-ended in his Cherokee a couple years ago by a guy
> going around 45. I'll have to ask him about it to refresh my memory,
> but his seat broke as well, and I *think* he found out later that the
> seats are actually designed to break at a certain point to keep it from
> being your neck that breaks. I'm really not sure on that one, almost
> hate posting that...
>
> At any rate, if you can design ANYTHING that will withstand the
> onslaught of a couple tons of steel moving at 55 mph... I will give you
> all the money out of my wallet (not really). I'm going to go ahead and
> vote with the crowd on this one, be thankful that it was your seat that
> broke, and not your neck. No auto manufacturer in the world can boast
> that its cars will keep your back from hurting after you get rear-ended
> at 55. Seems to me it'd be kind of like getting in a fender-bender,
> then suing the car company because their sheet metal was "faulty"
> because it bent out of shape. Something's gotta give.

Mike Romain

Your memory is good. Seats are designed to break for that reason. The
OP is lucky the back isn't broken, at the top....

The 'whiplash' factor is nasty though.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Micah wrote:
>
> My stepdad got rear-ended in his Cherokee a couple years ago by a guy
> going around 45. I'll have to ask him about it to refresh my memory,
> but his seat broke as well, and I *think* he found out later that the
> seats are actually designed to break at a certain point to keep it from
> being your neck that breaks. I'm really not sure on that one, almost
> hate posting that...
>
> At any rate, if you can design ANYTHING that will withstand the
> onslaught of a couple tons of steel moving at 55 mph... I will give you
> all the money out of my wallet (not really). I'm going to go ahead and
> vote with the crowd on this one, be thankful that it was your seat that
> broke, and not your neck. No auto manufacturer in the world can boast
> that its cars will keep your back from hurting after you get rear-ended
> at 55. Seems to me it'd be kind of like getting in a fender-bender,
> then suing the car company because their sheet metal was "faulty"
> because it bent out of shape. Something's gotta give.

Mike Romain

Your memory is good. Seats are designed to break for that reason. The
OP is lucky the back isn't broken, at the top....

The 'whiplash' factor is nasty though.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Micah wrote:
>
> My stepdad got rear-ended in his Cherokee a couple years ago by a guy
> going around 45. I'll have to ask him about it to refresh my memory,
> but his seat broke as well, and I *think* he found out later that the
> seats are actually designed to break at a certain point to keep it from
> being your neck that breaks. I'm really not sure on that one, almost
> hate posting that...
>
> At any rate, if you can design ANYTHING that will withstand the
> onslaught of a couple tons of steel moving at 55 mph... I will give you
> all the money out of my wallet (not really). I'm going to go ahead and
> vote with the crowd on this one, be thankful that it was your seat that
> broke, and not your neck. No auto manufacturer in the world can boast
> that its cars will keep your back from hurting after you get rear-ended
> at 55. Seems to me it'd be kind of like getting in a fender-bender,
> then suing the car company because their sheet metal was "faulty"
> because it bent out of shape. Something's gotta give.

Spdloader

Wendy.

The wreck is what hurt your back, not the Jeep.

It wasn't an accident, there is no such thing. It was carelessness or
recklessness on the part of the person that hit you, but no accident.

If Jeep had designed a seat that wouldn't break due to the forces of such an
impact, then your body would have surely been "scrambled" by the forces at
play during the event. Energy HAS to be absorbed somehow, and your body
would not have survived it otherwise.

Be thankful you were in your Jeep, and sue the idiot that hit you.

And, I hope your physical problems get better.

Spdloader



"wendy" <wlevand@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1164911825.117348.41160@16g2000cwy.googlegrou ps.com...
>I was recently rearended. I was stopped they hit me going 55 mph.
> They did not total the jeep but the damages were around $14,000.
> However, my air bag did not go off, maybe because of being rearended,
> but my seat also broke. So after I was flung forward, when I went to
> fall back there was no seat to catch me. Does anyone know the law on
> seats during accidents? Thank you
>

Spdloader

Wendy.

The wreck is what hurt your back, not the Jeep.

It wasn't an accident, there is no such thing. It was carelessness or
recklessness on the part of the person that hit you, but no accident.

If Jeep had designed a seat that wouldn't break due to the forces of such an
impact, then your body would have surely been "scrambled" by the forces at
play during the event. Energy HAS to be absorbed somehow, and your body
would not have survived it otherwise.

Be thankful you were in your Jeep, and sue the idiot that hit you.

And, I hope your physical problems get better.

Spdloader



"wendy" <wlevand@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1164911825.117348.41160@16g2000cwy.googlegrou ps.com...
>I was recently rearended. I was stopped they hit me going 55 mph.
> They did not total the jeep but the damages were around $14,000.
> However, my air bag did not go off, maybe because of being rearended,
> but my seat also broke. So after I was flung forward, when I went to
> fall back there was no seat to catch me. Does anyone know the law on
> seats during accidents? Thank you
>

Spdloader

Wendy.

The wreck is what hurt your back, not the Jeep.

It wasn't an accident, there is no such thing. It was carelessness or
recklessness on the part of the person that hit you, but no accident.

If Jeep had designed a seat that wouldn't break due to the forces of such an
impact, then your body would have surely been "scrambled" by the forces at
play during the event. Energy HAS to be absorbed somehow, and your body
would not have survived it otherwise.

Be thankful you were in your Jeep, and sue the idiot that hit you.

And, I hope your physical problems get better.

Spdloader



"wendy" <wlevand@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1164911825.117348.41160@16g2000cwy.googlegrou ps.com...
>I was recently rearended. I was stopped they hit me going 55 mph.
> They did not total the jeep but the damages were around $14,000.
> However, my air bag did not go off, maybe because of being rearended,
> but my seat also broke. So after I was flung forward, when I went to
> fall back there was no seat to catch me. Does anyone know the law on
> seats during accidents? Thank you
>