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crumple zone

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A crumple zone is part of a car that squishes when it crashes, helping keep the people inside safer by taking some of the impact.

Technical Definition

A crumple zone is a section of a vehicle designed to deform and absorb impact energy during a collision, reducing the force transmitted to occupants.

Hear It Discussed

"you are you are the crumple zone and you know the the headlight buckets meaning the rear part of the headlight is protrudes into your knee space"

An Actually Usable VW Bus: The Kindred EV Bus — Carmudgeon Ep 241 w/ Jason Cammisa & Derek Tam-Scott The Carmudgeon Show 08:51

"It completely, the new structures are stronger and also the crumpled zones are probably better designed for sure than ever before."

Will The Slate Actually Sell? | Ep. 344 TFL Car Chat 05:18

"so you can actually do crash tests where one car is going straight and then another car has come in from from the side and. Different different crumple zone of stuff."

Paul checks out the Ferrari Luce in Rome, visits the Beijing motor show and Gordie falls in love with an Audi The Driver's Show 25:03

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