I particularly like this take from Dvice regarding the banana plastic's resistance to heat:
Can you see a car that doesn't instantly catch on fire and explode in a car crash? We can.
So can I. It's what happens in the vast majority of car crashes that don't involve rear-ended Pintos. I think that someone has been seeing too many bad movies where a car flies off a cliff and explodes in midair.
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It's like the shtick in movies that whenever anyone shoots into an automobile, the car blows up. Uhh, no, not unless there is actual HE onboard.
I've seen car gas tanks rupture "for real" in crashes (you get that in law enforcement). Unless the tank is really badly designed, as with the Pinto, you end up with gasoline all over the road and the FD washing it down with an inch and a half.
I guess all cars in movie universes come with built-in (and not too stable or reliable) self-destruct charges. (Maybe they are all Q Section surplus?)
cheers
eon
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