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Sverre Amundsen
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On 6 Aug 2004 02:41:05 -0700, Rory <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Sverre Amundsen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<opsb9i17b0vapsmc@pr6370>...
>> On 5 Aug 2004 05:26:11 -0700, Rory <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Some trailer plus points:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> > * Exhaust fumes measured in a child trailer are lower than inside
>> > a car
>> > * Studies in Germany show that even in the case of impact with a car,
>> > the trailer being light is shunted out of the way, rather than
>> > crushed.
>>
>> Can you document this? I'd like to read these studies myself. I'm not
>> trying to troll, I own a trailer, but I'm very concerned about using it
>> anywhere close to traffic.
>
> The main research was done by TÜV Rheinland and the Allianz-Zentrum
> für Technik (AZT), there is an article about it here ("Des Zöglings
> Sänfte" - "The Pulled/Pupil Gently??") with pictures of the
> crashtests:
> http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1033/9602anhaenger.html
>
Thanks! I don't understand a word of German, but my brother lives in
Germany. I sent it to him for translation and further research.
Sverre
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> "Sverre Amundsen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<opsb9i17b0vapsmc@pr6370>...
>> On 5 Aug 2004 05:26:11 -0700, Rory <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Some trailer plus points:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> > * Exhaust fumes measured in a child trailer are lower than inside
>> > a car
>> > * Studies in Germany show that even in the case of impact with a car,
>> > the trailer being light is shunted out of the way, rather than
>> > crushed.
>>
>> Can you document this? I'd like to read these studies myself. I'm not
>> trying to troll, I own a trailer, but I'm very concerned about using it
>> anywhere close to traffic.
>
> The main research was done by TÜV Rheinland and the Allianz-Zentrum
> für Technik (AZT), there is an article about it here ("Des Zöglings
> Sänfte" - "The Pulled/Pupil Gently??") with pictures of the
> crashtests:
> http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1033/9602anhaenger.html
>
Thanks! I don't understand a word of German, but my brother lives in
Germany. I sent it to him for translation and further research.
Sverre
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