# Hmm Lets make the entire car a crumple zone... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 3, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmm-lets-make-the-entire-car-a-crumple-zone/24050 "2007-02-03T22:42:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![NYstanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6a8cbe/32.png) [@NYstanger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NYstanger)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmm-lets-make-the-entire-car-a-crumple-zone/24050/20 "2007-02-04T10:40:49Z")
> [@newman](#): > > eh, that’s the American way of thinking but you’re wrong. I’d rather hit the truck in a car, because the truck as clearly demonstrated a lack of structural integrity… an immovable object at 35 is like hitting another vehicle at 65. Yes, inertia plays a role, but in this case, bigger is not better. Have you ever seen that picture where the H2 hit a small pickup? The hummer is destroyed, the pickup is slightly damaged… > > But the H2 is bigger! OMG, why did it get damaged more…??? When you imagine yourself in a big truck plowing through a civic, you don’t understand a lot about physics… picture? --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmm-lets-make-the-entire-car-a-crumple-zone/24050)._