Safety Features in the event of rollover

Derekf · Post by **Derekf** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:51 am

Just wondered what safety features the CC has in the event of a rollover. Someone told me that the Mercedes removable roof features a protection mechanism that comes into operation if the roof is down but that this is not present in the CC. Does that mean all that is between us and a bad headache is the front window structure or is there something else?

Thanks,

Derek

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 1:18 am

The front window structure and the back rollbars (black bits behind the back seats) are supposed to keep the car from collapsing in the event of a roll over.

Then you've got the front and side airbags... but to be honest if you roll I can't imagine your chances of surviving uninjured are that high!

Moush · Post by **Moush** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 5:06 am

Matt,
Don't rely on the hoops behind the seats. They are purely cosmetic. They are filled with poystyrene and are held on by two screws!! (Take a careful look).

Moush

rob · Post by **rob** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:20 am

Just sat looking at the brochure for the 307CC and the rear hoops on that shoot up in a crash/rollover to stop you banging your head

or is that to stop you sratching the paint on your boot lid

Huu · Post by **Huu** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:12 am

The hoop has a strong metallic core, and crew on directly to the reinforce cage. Remember it for rollover, only strong for compression if you were to pull it off with force it will certainly come off. But i wouldnt rely on anything in a rollover anyway, if the force is trong enough to crush the hoops and the windscreen pillar i reckon i will certain be dead way before that

heres a quote from 206CC brouchure...
"The Peugeot view has always been that the best way
to survive an accident is to avoid it." ...

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 11:16 am

a quote from 206CC brouchure...
"The Peugeot view has always been that the best way
to survive an accident is to avoid it." ...

Trust Peugeot!

rob · Post by **rob** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 11:19 am

is that why they have been designed to spend so much time with the monkeys in the zoo rather than on the raods. That way peugeot can say there cars are involved in very few crashes.

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 11:31 am

is that why they have been designed to spend so much time with the monkeys in the zoo rather than on the raods. That way peugeot can say there cars are involved in very few crashes.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Vanda · Post by **Vanda** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 6:05 pm

We're not talking about a Lottery rollover then?!???!!!!!!

teddy206 GTi · Post by **teddy206 GTi** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:15 pm

I would say the impact of a car going on it's roof in most crashes is fairly low - or at least compared to the impact the front has to absorb in a frontal impact.

The screen has to absorb the impact that has the weight of the upside down car that it maybe travelling towards the ground at 10mph or less. i can't see it being more than that. Which is a lot less that the 30 or 40 mph that the front has to withstand.

Dunno what you'd do if you landed on a fence or brick wall with your roof down though.....skewered head doesn't sound very healthy....

ICE DOCTOR · Post by **ICE DOCTOR** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 2:43 pm

This is quite scary....i always get abit nervous when sandwiched twixt 2 trucks or busses at a red light...i always have this nightmare that one of them is gonna topple all over me.

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 12:01 am

The hoop has a strong metallic core, and crew on directly to the reinforce cage.

The fixings for the hoops are not strong at all and would buckle quite easily in the event of a roll. They are fixed to the bodywork. I'm not aware of any 'reinforced cage' in a 206CC.

Vince.

Huu · Post by **Huu** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:17 am

according peugeot the blue painted areas (above pic) is the re-enforce cage.
The hoops core doesnt just screw on the surface of the cage but into a recess, so in event of a force down the arch of the hoop (like in the arches of bridge) the force will spread out laterally to the cage.

Anyway thats what theory says, i sure as hell rather not testing that out!!
Normally seating my head is over 3-4 cm above the headrest of the seat, now draw a direct line from top of front windscreen pillar to top of hoop. Result: in the event of a roll over, half of my brain will be craping against the ground.

ICE DOCTOR · Post by **ICE DOCTOR** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 1:28 pm

in the event of a roll over, half of my brain will be craping against the ground.

Interesting "brain" u have

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:50 pm

according peugeot the blue painted areas (above pic) is the re-enforce cage.

It seems to bear out what I said. It's not clear but the roof doesn't appear to be blue, so the reinforced 'cage' is actually U shaped (looking from the side. Also, the rear window, which is a panel attached by hinges, is counted as part of the cage which is clearly (to a former mechanical engineer like me) nonsense. To be part of the cage there must be a solid connection.

The protection, in the event of a roll-over, could best be described as 'minimal'. The hoops are obviously better than nothing... ...but not much.

Vince.