ADAC - Crash Test: holiday luggage can kill

Suitcase, folding chairs and coolers must with in the summer, but are often incorrectly loaded in the car. This makes them a deadly threat, such as ADAC shows in a recent crash test. Whether the luggage was stowed away for the summer good or bad in the car in an accident is of great importance for the people on board. This proved an ADAC crash test: While correctly wrapped and tied with a few simple steps charge in head-on crash (50 km / h) caused only slight damage to the interior of poorly secured luggage is completely demolished, the occupants are at least seriously injured. If pieces of luggage rolling to the back of the passengers, they work 30 to 50 times heavier than they actually are - the human lumbar and heads do not hold the stand Also frequently observed in summer months when passengers casual sitting with his legs on the shelf is extremely dangerous, as the ADAC test shows that the legs are thrown towards the head, and this strikes with great force on the lower leg - severe injuries
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