it literally folded in half.

although, was this even necessary? I mean, who thought a crash at this speed wouldn't have a similar result?
Of course crash tests are done at 40mph. at 120mph there's nothing left to measure.

If you think about it, this is the equivalent to two cars hitting head on at 60 MPH each so the event isn't too far-fetched. I think this is important because it's a speed most people drive on a regular basis (Hwy Driving) and it's important to understand and comprehend the dangers of what could happen when things go wrong.

This is why you don't do your makeup or sleep while you should be paying attention to the road!

If you know about it, it's not the same thing as 2 cars crashing at 60mph each. Crashing a car into an immovable wall at 50mph is equivalent of a car crash of 2 cars crashing 50mph, when the cars share similar mass and structure.

Misread the title as: "WORLD'S FATTEST: The fattest car crash test ever"... Was expecting to see an extremely overweight guy crash a car

>> ^sillma:

If you know about it, it's not the same thing as 2 cars crashing at 60mph each. Crashing a car into an immovable wall at 50mph is equivalent of a car crash of 2 cars crashing 50mph, when the cars share similar mass and structure.


Yep, the energy of the crash is distributed equally to the two cars.
Two (equal) cars at 60 each = one car into brick wall at 60.

They proved this on Mythbusters, too!

>> ^Boise_Lib:

>> ^sillma:
If you know about it, it's not the same thing as 2 cars crashing at 60mph each. Crashing a car into an immovable wall at 50mph is equivalent of a car crash of 2 cars crashing 50mph, when the cars share similar mass and structure.

Yep, the energy of the crash is distributed equally to the two cars.
Two (equal) cars at 60 each = one car into brick wall at 60.

>> ^quantumushroom:

They proved this on Mythbusters, too!
>> ^Boise_Lib:
>> ^sillma:
If you know about it, it's not the same thing as 2 cars crashing at 60mph each. Crashing a car into an immovable wall at 50mph is equivalent of a car crash of 2 cars crashing 50mph, when the cars share similar mass and structure.

Yep, the energy of the crash is distributed equally to the two cars.
Two (equal) cars at 60 each = one car into brick wall at 60.



That's where I learned it. Makes sense, once you think about it that way.

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I don't think my car even reaches 120mph, and if it does, I certainly wouldn't feel safe driving it at that speed. I already had a car ride with a "friend" a few years ago, and he took it up to 155mph in a BMW he owned. Never again.

For those of us in the civilised world that's about 196kph.

>> ^FishBulb:

For those of us in the civilised world that's about 196kph.


No decimals? And you call yourself civilized!!

"A speed which most cars can get up to." Can they? And can a Focus? I've gotten to 90 something in one of my cars but it was shaking too bad to keep going, most cars I've had become unstable around 80 something. I mean the speedometer goes to 120, but I question if they can go that fast.

2 cars colliding at 120 MPH (60 MPH each) is the same as 1 car colliding with a stationary object at 60 MPH? Interesting. I'd have thought it would be double the carnage. Is this because the energy is divided between the 2 cars, or because the stationary wall is so much more solid?

My car can reach 45 MPH and I've yet to crash at anything more than 0.45 MPH - but time's on my side, I'm sure this will change.

I always love car commercials praising their model's XTREEEMMMEEE PERFORMANCE, as if their company sells cars to people existing in some alternate universe without physics or traffic laws...

>> ^RFlagg:

"A speed which most cars can get up to." Can they? And can a Focus? I've gotten to 90 something in one of my cars but it was shaking too bad to keep going, most cars I've had become unstable around 80 something. I mean the speedometer goes to 120, but I question if they can go that fast.


im guessing they're of the older and clunkier variety? my old 93 accord ex got to 110 and it was in a pretty wretched state.

>> ^Quboid:

2 cars colliding at 120 MPH (60 MPH each) is the same as 1 car colliding with a stationary object at 60 MPH? Interesting. I'd have thought it would be double the carnage. Is this because the energy is divided between the 2 cars, or because the stationary wall is so much more solid?
My car can reach 45 MPH and I've yet to crash at anything more than 0.45 MPH - but time's on my side, I'm sure this will change.


Newton proved for every action, there is an equal, but opposite, reaction.

Think of it this way:
An immoveable wall being crashed into by a 60mph car, imparts the force of a 60mph car on the car crashing into it. So ultimately, the two collisions are identical.

Flesh wound.

>> ^EMPIRE:

it literally folded in half.
although, was this even necessary? I mean, who thought a crash at this speed wouldn't have a similar result?
Of course crash tests are done at 40mph. at 120mph there's nothing left to measure.


Yeah.

Crash tests are usually scenarios where the safety features of the car have a hope in hell of saving the people in the car. There would be very few vehicles (if any) that could attain that speed that would prevent the occupants from being reduced to a red paste.

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