Reply #17: I would guess... [View All]

[ltfranklin]

That hitting the roof, center on, of a car with enough roof area might give you a better chance of surviving than with a small car. The larger roof area allows more deformation when you hit, giving you a slight (very slight) airbag effect...a van or station wagon would be even better, but a roof rack would likely pucture something your body might have some use for, and a roof design that includes any substatial structural members for rigidity or as support in case of rolling would probably be less forgiving. I imagine the advantage would be small, but as falls go, 4 floors (what, about 60 feet?) is not horrible, and if you fell right, and onto the right surface, you might be able to stagger away, but I doubt you'd get away with NO ill effects.

10 floors? Another story altogether.