Jeff is CEO of Mohr Mfg and is an expert in rear end collisions. His company makes portable, crash tested, energy absorbing, spare safety bumpers, hitch steps, ball mounts and shields that install in seconds and protect your vehicle from rear-end collision damage, reduce injuries, insurance claims, shield your gas tank from under-ride and eliminate parking lot and parallel parking dents and dings.
The company was started in 2001 after a rear end collision his wife Janet was in. Fortunately, she was OK.
Safety & Protection
Is What We're Really All About!
Any vehicle with a receiver hitch produces a stiffer "crash pulse" when struck from the rear. Receiver hitches are great for towing but are detrimental to the occupants because there's NO give. That's why the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety removes all receiver hitches when they do their rear crash testing.
You actually have a 22% higher risk of a whiplash injury with a receiver hitch. And that goes for anything you stick into it that is not energy absorbing...like ball mounts, bike racks, cargo carriers, hitch steps, hitch covers, etc. If you get nothing else from this web site get this: Remove all static or "fixed" receiver hitch products after you get done using them.
When your vehicle is 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're hit at just 10 mph you are going to accelerate to 25 mph! It is this "instant acceleration" that makes women and children 2 times more likely to come away with a whiplash injury than a man - because their necks are not as strong.
No other receiver hitch product on the market today will absorb crash energy. Yes, you can somewhat protect your vehicle with a simple ball mount or just let them hit your receiver hitch. But it is the acceleration of the occupants within the target vehicle that is critical.
Our bumpers, ball mounts and shields will absorb nearly 12 mph of this instant acceleration. Since 75% of all rear end collisions are less than 10 mph, these products will drop the acceleration by half or more on most rear end collisions. That could mean the difference between walking away injury free or dealing with a whiplash injury for the rest of your life.
Yes, our products will protect your vehicle. You can use them for a step to get in and out or to make your truck look good. Maybe even to save your deductible or keep your insurance from going up. But, the real reason to buy one is to protect your family. But don't take my word for it. Read what Ben Crandall had to say below. It may change the way you look at your receiver hitch.
Jeff,
My wife, Melinda has been seriously injured in three separate rear end collisions. She has had a cervical fusion with spinal cord injury in 1999, another cervical fusion with severe spinal cord injury in 2003, which resulted in incomplete quadriplegia.
Miraculously, she was able to become rehabilitated enough to walk again and become independent, and was able to drive again. In June of this year, she was rear ended again, re-injuring her spinal cord in the same place for the third time, again she is barely able to function.
I too, have learned a lot since my wife's crashes, there is not much you can do to avoid them. (They were never our fault, in all of the events, our vehicle was stopped at an intersection and the other driver was distracted and crashed into our vehicle).
In the two latest crashes, we were hit directly on the receiver hitch. There was nothing to absorb the energy; it felt like a 4,000 lb. sledgehammer had hit our car.
I was going to build a device that would fit into a receiver hitch, to absorb energy in the event of another rear end collision. I thought I would do some research, to see if anyone else had developed something like this.
I found your website on Thanksgiving day, and ordered two of them the day after Thanksgiving. I received them last Friday and installed them on our Durango and Dodge Ram truck. I am impressed by the quality and simple design.
I wish I had found your website earlier; this may have prevented the injuries from the latest crash this summer.
I have told many people about your products, including the insurance companies I am dealing with. They have requested that I bring our Durango to their offices so they can see what your Superbumper(s) look like.
Regards,
Ben Crandall
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