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25/10/2011 10:49:55
 
 
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Science & Medicine
Category:
Experiments
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01527172
Message ID:
01527284
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>Here's something to make you think about speeding.
>
>120mph crash test
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dI5ewOmHPQ&feature=player_embedded#!

Their logic seems a bit wonky. One car hitting a wall at 120 is not the same as two cars hitting each other head on at 120. Wouldn't the car have to do 240 to simulate that ?

In practice I'd guess a combined impact speed of 120 is *very* rare. Usually one or both drivers has braked pretty hard before the impact - the 40 mph test is probably a truer reflection of what happens in reality....

6dI5ewOmHPQ
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