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Here's a take on rear end collisions. In 1982 I fell asleep at the wheel of a 1978 pinto. At around 45 MPH (last look before sleeping) I hit 2 parked cars, both 4 door, a 1980 chevy citation which in turn hit the 1975 chevy nova right in front of it, which in turn smashed THRU a brick wall. All three cars were leaking fuel, (the pinto a little, the others looked like gallons) and the doors wouldn't open on ANY of the cars. My guess is because they had full tanks there weren't enough fumes to cause an explosion. Sometimes you just have an impact that no motor vehicle could survive. All three were totalled.

Jim