Effect of 100km/h to 0km/h on a Golf Mk6 GTD in a second

[DDRFan]

The alarm bell in my Mk5 drives me nuts just because sometimes I place a parcel on the passenger seat.

I don't tend to like putting stuff on the passenger seat as what always tends to happen is either during braking the thing flies onto the floor, or going round bends it flies into the door or gets in the way of me changing gear. 

I seem to remember taxi drivers who regularly don't wear seatbelts will leave their seats with the belts clipped in but sit on top of the belt... presumably this is to get around the warning beep that most modern cars have?

[keelaw]

I seem to remember taxi drivers who regularly don't wear seatbelts will leave their seats with the belts clipped in but sit on top of the belt... presumably this is to get around the warning beep that most modern cars have?

that can't be comfortable.  if they can get used to that discomfort, they might as well wear the thing properly!

[matchboy]

Frankly, I don't bother with the seat belt for that trip, 2 minutes at less than 20 mph.

Rolfe.

that is a disgusting attitude to have.  and you're old enough to know better.  seat belts save lives and its illegal to not wear one.  i don't care how long your journey is, put your seat belt on.

[R32UK]

Frankly, I don't bother with the seat belt for that trip, 2 minutes at less than 20 mph.

Rolfe.

that is a disgusting attitude to have.  and you're old enough to know better.  seat belts save lives and its illegal to not where one.  i don't care how long your journey is, put your seat belt on.

Plus your more likely to have a bash on a route your more familiar with, and when you least expect it.

[AlanD]

The alarm bell in my Mk5 drives me nuts just because sometimes I place a parcel on the passenger seat.

Iv turned my seatbelt chime off via VAGCOM 

Those are truly shocking photos though 

[ub7rm]

The point here is not how much your car costs. Its you, the driver... Even if the car is built to withstand any impact (hypothetically), if you the driver drives like a c0ck... nothing is gonna save you or your passengers. The lady in Aberdeen aquaplaned, nothing any driver can do about it. She is lucky to be alive considering the impact.

Yeah, the GTI has seatbelt warnings which activates after 60 seconds or so. Its bloody annoying.

HM

I'm not making a point of how much a car costs, I'm trying to make the point that you should be getting better and more protection in a car at any given price compared to one at say half the price. If a £30k car has the same safetly rating and protection of a car at £10k then I will be asking questions. As you say, if the driver drives like a c0ck then he is asking for trouble, but the c0ck driver should be more protected in a car that costs a fair amount of money.

A base golf costs 14k or thereabouts, sticking a bigger engine and some body kit on it isn't going to make it safer...

If your GTI is specced up to 28k it is exactly double the cost with no additional protection.  Well, a couple of airbags maybe?  What do you expect them to do?  Redesign the entire car becuase your paying a bit more?  Its not hard to see that while there is much tinkering around the edges with airbags / crumple zones and the like - at the end of the day it is (like every other car) a jumped up tin can thats going to deform badly if you drive it into anything at speed.

IMO people should drive as if they expect their cars to give them no protection whatsoever in an accident.  The standard of driving would be much improved ...

[howlingmoon]

The point here is not how much your car costs. Its you, the driver... Even if the car is built to withstand any impact (hypothetically), if you the driver drives like a c0ck... nothing is gonna save you or your passengers. The lady in Aberdeen aquaplaned, nothing any driver can do about it. She is lucky to be alive considering the impact.

Yeah, the GTI has seatbelt warnings which activates after 60 seconds or so. Its bloody annoying.

HM

I'm not making a point of how much a car costs, I'm trying to make the point that you should be getting better and more protection in a car at any given price compared to one at say half the price. If a £30k car has the same safetly rating and protection of a car at £10k then I will be asking questions. As you say, if the driver drives like a c0ck then he is asking for trouble, but the c0ck driver should be more protected in a car that costs a fair amount of money.

A base golf costs 14k or thereabouts, sticking a bigger engine and some body kit on it isn't going to make it safer...

If your GTI is specced up to 28k it is exactly double the cost with no additional protection.  Well, a couple of airbags maybe?  What do you expect them to do?  Redesign the entire car becuase your paying a bit more?  Its not hard to see that while there is much tinkering around the edges with airbags / crumple zones and the like - at the end of the day it is (like every other car) a jumped up tin can thats going to deform badly if you drive it into anything at speed.

IMO people should drive as if they expect their cars to give them no protection whatsoever in an accident.  The standard of driving would be much improved ...

Amen to that!! I agree wholeheartedly with that statement!!!

[Ess_Three]

Iv turned my seatbelt chime off via VAGCOM 

How did you do it Alan?
Is there a guide somewhere?

[VWKev]

The point here is not how much your car costs. Its you, the driver... Even if the car is built to withstand any impact (hypothetically), if you the driver drives like a c0ck... nothing is gonna save you or your passengers. The lady in Aberdeen aquaplaned, nothing any driver can do about it. She is lucky to be alive considering the impact.

Yeah, the GTI has seatbelt warnings which activates after 60 seconds or so. Its bloody annoying.

HM

I'm not making a point of how much a car costs, I'm trying to make the point that you should be getting better and more protection in a car at any given price compared to one at say half the price. If a £30k car has the same safetly rating and protection of a car at £10k then I will be asking questions. As you say, if the driver drives like a c0ck then he is asking for trouble, but the c0ck driver should be more protected in a car that costs a fair amount of money.

A base golf costs 14k or thereabouts, sticking a bigger engine and some body kit on it isn't going to make it safer...

If your GTI is specced up to 28k it is exactly double the cost with no additional protection.  Well, a couple of airbags maybe?  What do you expect them to do?   Redesign the entire car becuase your paying a bit more?  Its not hard to see that while there is much tinkering around the edges with airbags / crumple zones and the like - at the end of the day it is (like every other car) a jumped up tin can thats going to deform badly if you drive it into anything at speed.

IMO people should drive as if they expect their cars to give them no protection whatsoever in an accident.  The standard of driving would be much improved ...

I need to stop swearing, so I've edited that out.

XDS, thats an extra safety feature on the GTI. Incase you didnt know, safety is not all about airbags.

[R32UK]

I would actually argue that XDS is a performance feature rather than a safety feature