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What Works and What Doesn't
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, for a bumper to work effectively, you need a strong enough bumper beam and something to absorb the crash energy. If you're going to try to protect your bumper and vehicle with one of the current "hitch steps" on the market today they are neither strong enough nor energy absorbing - they're for stepping on and that's it.
A Little Receiver Hitch Secret No One Wants To Tell You About...
And trying to protect your vehicle with your ball mount? A ball mount will transfer all of the impact energy directly to the occupants and INCREASE your chance of whiplash by 22%! There's NO give. Neither the receiver hitch itself or anything you stick in it will protect you or your family in a rear end collision. Here's why:
Saving Your Wife...and Kids
When you are hit from the rear, you and the occupants within your vehicle will accelerate to 2.5 times that of the bullet vehicle. So if you are hit at just 10 mph you will accelerate to 25 mph! It is this "instant acceleration" or "change in Delta V" that makes women and children twice as likely to have a whiplash injury than a man. Their necks are just not strong enough.
And here's a few more reasons why:
The average insurance rate will rise 40% if you make a claim. You just cannot afford to make a claim anymore. That's why your deductable is so high. And you can say to yourself; "Well, in a rear end collision the other guy will pay anyway."
SORRY - Today in the United States, over 15% of the drivers are uninsured and it's getting worse. In States like California it's over 25%! They won't pay at all! And in states with no-fault insurance, your insurance company could end up paying for both vehicles.
The rear end collision is actually on the rise. With all the distractions - cell phones, text messengers, MP3 players, CDs, drivers with poor judgment, etc. no wonder 80% of all rear end collisions were caused by driver inattention.
Did you know that almost 1/2 of the drivers that hit you in the rear are not even slowing down! They just hit you square on. That's why you don't need something very big back there to protect yourself...
Because YOU Cannot Prevent A Rear End Collision!
Dear Jeff:
I just wanted to give a little testimonial.
We were recently blessed to have a baby in May and in July upgraded from a two seat Ford Ranger to a 5 Seat Toyota Tundra Double Cab. The Double Cab is a longer than usual truck and I had already been backed into in a grocery store parking lot.
This is when I found and brought your product. Well, I was taking my now 4 month old son and our dog for a ride this afternoon when I was rear ended by a car going 30 miles per hour (I was sitting in traffic and he was rubbernecking an accident and did not see me until too late).
I barely felt the impact and neither my son (he was checked out at the hospital to make sure) or dog seemed to be impacted by the collision. When I exited the car to see if the other driver was alright (he was), I found a huge gash in his grill and pieces of his car scattered on the street.
When I examined my truck, there was not even a scratch on the bumper. The Superbumper did its job, with only a few scuff marks and the step grip material being torn off.
I wanted to thank you for the quality of the product and the fact that it did what was advertised.
Sincerely, Dr. Timmothy Brusseau, Brockport, NY
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