What happens when ...
What happens when ...
1/10 second the front bumper collapses ...
2/10 the hood crumples, the average driver continues forward weighing 3,200 pounds.
3/10 the frame of the steering wheel begins to bend under the driver’s grip.
4/10 the car’s front 24” are demolished, but the rear is still traveling at 33 mph.
5/10 the steering shaft penetrates the driver’s chest.
6/10 the car’s frame bends in the middle, the driver’s head crashes into the windshield.
7/10 shock has frozen the driver’s heart. The driver is now dead.
Seven Tenths of a Second.
... a car, traveling at 55 miles per hour, crashes into a solid, immovable object? In 7/10th of a second you can be dead.
Retired First Sergeant
Doug Pendergraft, NCSHP
“I consider Doug Pendergraft one of the foremost driver training instructors in the country.”
Lee Wetzel,
Tactical Emergency Vehicle Operations Center
FBI Academy
Quantico, VA
Contact us: training@xcelldriver.com