4 ms·
"the main body of the car was generally intact" Looking at the photo of the car, the 'main body' must not mean what it implies to laypersons. Or perhaps 'gener
by 11thEarlOfMar 10y ago
"the main body of the car was generally intact"
Looking at the photo of the car, the 'main body' must not mean what it implies to laypersons. Or perhaps 'generally' is a broader spectrum of conditions that I'd guess.
- achamayou 10y agoI'd guess they probably mean the main body as opposed to the roof section. You can see that the front segment for example hasn't significantly crumpled, like it would have in a frontal collision.
- MaulingMonkey 10y agoApparently "Intact" implies a better condition than I'd realized? I was thinking more along the lines of "still in one piece". The exterior bodywork is pretty dinged up, but even the driver side door still looks fairly smooth, and everything is still in generally the right place and looks like it may still be structurally sound at first glance. ...minus the roof, of course.
- Animats 10y agoBy "intact", the NTSB means "in one piece", as opposed to "debris field".
- euyyn 10y agoThat's a weird meaning of theirs, then. Intact comes from "not touched".