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I remember reading the damage a vehicle does is roughly proportional to the fourth power of its weight.
by daniel-cussen 9y ago
I remember reading the damage a vehicle does is roughly proportional to the fourth power of its weight.
- tyingq 9y agoThere's a pretty good chart here, near the bottom: http://pedalfortcollins.com/greatest-demand-on-tax-dollars/ http://pedalfortcollins.com/greatest-demand-on-tax-dollars/
- saosebastiao 9y agoKinda. Has more to do with axle load than total weight. You could also say that the research is pretty incomplete. All the known studies have been performed at highway speeds...it's entirely plausible that speed exaggerates the damage disparity.