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It's a road with a 40mph limit. No way did that RR crash into
the
bus at less than 40mph. One hopes the injury, damage
and the air bag recorder are sufficient evidence to
give the driver enough points to keep him away from
other road users for a while.

I wouldn't be so sure.

It's not often that a vehicle will be driven into a
stationary obstruction at 40mph in an urban environment,
and in any case, body damage on modern vehicles can be
very deceptive.

It's not difficult to see the difference between skin
damage and structural damage.

As you know, rumpling panels are designed for absorbing
shock and directing energy away from vehicle occupants.

Indeed. This one clearly didn't.

The driver only had minor injuries, I think that shows how
incredibly safe modern vehicles are. The apparent severity
of the crash would have killed or maimed for life
someone in
a car from just 20 or so years ago.

The mid-90's were not primitive times in automotive times.
There is no straightforward way of knowing the difference.

My point main point that the structural damage (implying
there
was far more energy than the crumple zones could cope
with) is
not from a collision of less than 40mph.

No, that is not the implication of that which you wrote.

I suggest you read the paragraph at the top.


The vehicle DID absorb the energy of the crash, whatever speed
that
occurred at. The driver suffered minor injuries only, that
is a
testament to the safety features of modern cars. Effectively
the
bus
is the immovable object, rather as the concrete block is in
safety
test crashes.

Watch the ncap test of a range rover, that test is at 39mph,
the
damage is pretty close to the damaged vehicle pictures, except
that
the bus is

Then you agree it must have been doing way over 40mph. Or the
driver
crashed without braking, meaning he wasn't looking out of the
window.
(Although this seems to be something drivers are not required
to do
these days.)

much higher than the concrete block and so hit the bonnet much
more,
there is also the lack of bounceup of the vehicle (compared to
hitting a concrete block) and that would increase the frontal
damage.

Frontal damage is not important; it is only important when it
gets to
compressing the passenger cell.

Still, remember to keep this on topic, a cyclist riding into
the
back
of a bus at 20mph will have no safety equipment (in comparison)

Since you're obsessed about topic, a driver can (as frequently
happens)
cause considerable harm to others and still get away with light
injuries. Unlike a 'speeding' cyclist.

and many cyclists have died as a result of riding into the
back of
stationary vehicles.

Comparing injuries between drivers and riders is misplaced
concern.

It is pretty clear which mode of transport is safest for the
occupants/users, and it is not a bicycle.

Let's remind you again that my (distant) observation of the
damage on
this Range Rover was indicative of gross irresponsibility and
hence a
significant danger to others. I expected come back on that point,
not
diversion into car design and history.

It should be pretty clear which mode of transport is more
dangerous to
those around. And it is not a bicycle.

Who else was injured by the incident? Other than the occupants of
the
vehicle? Was the cyclist hurt in any way?

You love making a big deal of a person doing something perceived
to be
wrog when riding a bicycle but shrug off driving that was clearly
irresponsible and liable to cause harm to others. Get a sense of
perspective.

There was no cyclist involved, no injury was caused to anyone other
than
the vehicle occupants, and that injury was minor. In contrast to the
pedestrian at death's door after being run over by
a cyclist.

Stop cherry picking.

Keeping things on topic is not.

Driving of the standard this person displayed is of considerable
interest to bicycle users.

So long as some serious driver fault does not concern you when nobody
other than vehicle occupant is harmed, then I take it that you will no
longer get the fits over people riding their bicycles in any manner they
desire. Your self imposed mission here is utterly pointless.

Perhaps, one of your crashes was something similar to this and you
believe it can be played down?

The crash in question was, from what can be seen, entirely the fault of
the Range Rover driver. Hopefully he will learn from his mistake.
Happily no member of the public outside the vehicle concerned was
injured (from what was reported)

It is not a reply to my paragraphs above. When are you going to stop
telling bicycle riders what they should and shouldn't do?



When they obey the rules of the road and those of common sense.