Safety Lessons after the Fact
We are all about safety here in the One Lap of America, Galant VR4 car. I mean everything from safely running 145+ MPH around Daytona with a bumper held on by zip ties to having a fire extinguisher that completely ejects itself and bounces around the cabin at BeaveRun, we are the picture of safety.
While we have may have everything safety related under control, it was nice to see a realistic safety demonstration at MOD 2009.
The Illinois Fire Institute came out to run some demonstrations on extraction drills (aka the Jaws of Life) and other safety information on a car. You could see they were a little excited, because Mitsubishi handed them a brand new 2010 car to rip apart, which is a slight upgrade from the usual donations they get.
They had a demonstration of how fast air bags deploy, both in and out of the vehicle.
Then they ripped off a door or two with the Jaws of Life. I think the car was so well built, it took them a little longer than expected on the rear door, because I could 
see the Mitsubishi CEO grinning in the background when he made the comment that they are not used to having a new car.
Don’t worry, our door is ready to fall off whenever you need it.
