Most Dangerous Vehicle
06-08-2012, 04:48 AM
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The rear impact score surprised me, considering how little damage JK's on here take with a steel rear bumper. I'v seen plenty of car's front ends destroyed when they rear ended a JK with a steel rear bumper. When we armor up our JK's, it's still probably one of the most dangerous vehicles on the road, but only when talking about danger to other drivers 
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I actually was almost killed by a Ram 1500 with a steel brushguard when it Tboned my old accord in the drivers side door at 45 mph. His Ram had about $700 in damage, while my Accord had the door ripped out of the hinges and the frame offset by 3-4''. An armored up Jeep on a road full of cars with plastic bumpers and soft crumple zones will definatly be safer for the Jeep driver, so long as you don't hit a solid object, like a wall or another armoed Jeep.
.I actually was almost killed by a Ram 1500 with a steel brushguard when it Tboned my old accord in the drivers side door at 45 mph. His Ram had about $700 in damage, while my Accord had the door ripped out of the hinges and the frame offset by 3-4''. An armored up Jeep on a road full of cars with plastic bumpers and soft crumple zones will definatly be safer for the Jeep driver, so long as you don't hit a solid object, like a wall or another armoed Jeep.
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06-08-2012, 05:02 AM
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Well I just don't get it. How many 4wd vehicles are produced that have the same track width and ride height? I know center of gravity has lots to do with it but come on. I drove my YJ almost 10 years with out the track bar and sway bar and never had any problems and I drive like a nut. The JK is wider and it has all the goodies in place that I removed from my YJ I think it's a load of hooey.
06-08-2012, 05:31 AM
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Agreed. My RR steel front bumper, heavy LOD sliders and adding the 100 pound PSC rear bumper (to replace the 5 pound plastic one), I am guessing that my JKU will hold up better than stock. I'm actually a little worried about the damage that would happen to the vehicle hitting me..I hope I never have to find out though.....
06-08-2012, 06:23 AM
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No, this is simply an anecdote, not a series of tests performed in controlled environments. As the article stated, their rankings are based on numerous points of impact as well as rollover and I don't think it surprises anyone that the Wrangler fares poorly in side-impact or with its ease of rolling over.
06-08-2012, 05:41 PM
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Well, that's kind of my point. We don't actually drive our vehicles in "controlled environments". The variety of vehicles, varying speeds, driver experience/reaction, mechanical condition, impact points and weather/road conditions make these evaluations somewhat less relevant in the real world. Insurance companies may find the data useful to quantify insurance rates I suppose and there's always seems to an agenda to push drivers into survivable econoboxes. But if I had been in a Fiat 500 when the semi squarely rear ended me, I don't think I would have driven away uninjured.
Agenda is the key word. Scare the sheep into driving econoboxes. I rate MSN about as highly as Con-sue-more Reports...
