Again,, is there anything to this?  Not an engineer, but if I run head-on into something, there’s a quarter acre of glass two feet in front of my face and a spare tire somewhere down underneath my feet.  How does that tire protect me from anything?  The seat belt keeps my butt in the seat instead of being launched out into traffic.

Also, were the spare tires in the bottom of trunks or underneath truck beds there to protect us from backing into something?  I think the spare in our vans is where it is because the space was available.

   My worn penny,
gp

From: Stacy Schneider
Sent: Saturday, April 3, 2021 8:43 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Spare tire location

        Do we need to remind people that part of the crash worthiness of
these vehicles is the spare tire?
        If you’re going to take the spare out you may as well not wear a
seat belt either.
       Both of these item are an engineered  safety item of the van.

                                 My .02
                                          Stacy