What a 120 mph crash looks like
11-04-2011, 11:12 AM
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Wow -- big impact.
Was it me or did he say, "this re-creates two cars hitting each other, both going 120mph" ?
Wouldn't this be 2 cars hitting each other, both going 60mph?
Was it me or did he say, "this re-creates two cars hitting each other, both going 120mph" ?
Wouldn't this be 2 cars hitting each other, both going 60mph?
11-04-2011, 12:15 PM
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Neither. See Mythbusters for details.
11-04-2011, 12:16 PM
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Yes, each would be going 60 mph to simulate a 120 mph total impact like they've done in the test.
11-04-2011, 12:43 PM
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Only difference is that unlike with a crash, wall, all the energy wouldn't be directed at only one of the two cars. Vid above would be like if two cars crashed and only one was damaged.
11-04-2011, 12:49 PM
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Hitting an immovable wall at 120mph is equivalent to hitting another car with the same mass head-on, both going 120mph.
11-04-2011, 01:02 PM
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This is incorrect. Has no one seen that Myth Busters episode? 120 into an immoveable object is worse than two objects moving toward each other at 60 each.
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11-04-2011, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ZDan' timestamp='1320439783' post='21129951
Hitting an immovable wall at 120mph is equivalent to hitting another car with the same mass head-on, both going 120mph.
This is incorrect. Has no one seen that Myth Busters episode? 120 into an immoveable object is worse than two objects moving toward each other at 60 each.
11-04-2011, 01:08 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8E5dUnLmh4
cliffs: In a previous episode, the one that looks like a walrus suggested that two cars hitting head on at 50 mph each would be the same as a car hitting a wall at 100 mph. Fans wrote in and said, "nah ahh." The tested a car hitting a wall at 50 mph, a car hitting a wall at 100 mph, and two cars hitting head on at 50 mph. The conclusion: a car hitting a wall at 100 mph IS NOT the same as two cars crashing head on at 50 mph each.
cliffs: In a previous episode, the one that looks like a walrus suggested that two cars hitting head on at 50 mph each would be the same as a car hitting a wall at 100 mph. Fans wrote in and said, "nah ahh." The tested a car hitting a wall at 50 mph, a car hitting a wall at 100 mph, and two cars hitting head on at 50 mph. The conclusion: a car hitting a wall at 100 mph IS NOT the same as two cars crashing head on at 50 mph each.
11-04-2011, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.E.G.' timestamp='1320440529' post='21129986
[quote name='ZDan' timestamp='1320439783' post='21129951']
Hitting an immovable wall at 120mph is equivalent to hitting another car with the same mass head-on, both going 120mph.
Hitting an immovable wall at 120mph is equivalent to hitting another car with the same mass head-on, both going 120mph.
This is incorrect. Has no one seen that Myth Busters episode? 120 into an immoveable object is worse than two objects moving toward each other at 60 each.
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My mistake. I read what you wrote wrong.
