Patent ID: 8016513

Claim:
An apparatus for absorbing an impact of a vehicle collision, comprising: at least two rails; a plurality of partitions being moved along the at least two rails, the plurality of partitions including a frontmost partition and a rearmost partition relative to a direction in which a vehicle collides with the apparatus; a plurality of scrap tires arranged in a line between the frontmost and rearmost partitions, each scrap tire having a plurality of openings defined therein, the plurality of openings being defined in a circumferential outer surface thereof, wherein the plurality of partitions are moved along the at least two rails in a direction in which the plurality of scrap tires are compressed during the vehicle collision; an anchor provided on a lower end of at least one partition of the plurality of partitions, so that, when the vehicle collision occurs, the anchor is elastically locked to a ladder provided between the at least two rails; a ladder holding device which holds the ladder and prevents the ladder from being moved before the vehicle collision occurs, the ladder holding device being manually releasable to expand the scrap tires, which are compressed, after the vehicle collision is over; a partition moving speed control member provided in the frontmost partition that is disposed at a frontmost position relative to the direction in which the vehicle collides with the apparatus, the partition moving speed control member including an inner hole defined therein and having a predetermined inner diameter; and a guide rod inserted into the inner hole defined in the partition moving speed control member, wherein a front end of the guide rod is fastened to front ends of the at least two rails, and a free rear end of the guide rod extends through an insert hole, which is defined in each partition of the plurality of partitions, and is disposed at a rearmost position opposite the frontmost position, so that a part of the guide rod that is extended when the partition moving speed control member is advanced along the guide rod is prevented from being bent when striking one of the partitions.