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My mom is a doctor and once was called to the site of a frontal crash that happened at 100 km/h (two cars moving at 50). Only to examine the bodies, there was n
by bsza 5y ago
My mom is a doctor and once was called to the site of a frontal crash that happened at 100 km/h (two cars moving at 50). Only to examine the bodies, there was no one left to save.
- FartyMcFarter 5y agoThis system doesn't support two-way roads though, so a frontal collision is unlikely.
- 0cVlTeIATBs 5y agoMythbusters found that two cars colliding at 50mph is not equivalent to one car hitting a brick wall at 100mph. It resembles one car hitting a brick wall at 50mph.
- halfstar91 5y agoWas this work published and peer reviewed?
- syrrim 5y agoIt makes sense as well. If we assume each car has the same mass, and picture the collision from the side, it would appear as if each car was hitting an invisible brick wall that separated them. Or, picture hitting a stationary car while driving 100km/h (perhaps on some frictionless surface) - afterwards, both cars would be sliding at 50km/h.
- mwint 5y agoThink of it this way: the two cars (if they’re the same weight) create a virtual immovable object at the impact point. “Brick wall” is doing a lot of work there - note that it’s not the same as hitting a stationary car at 50mph, that car would move. We rarely encounter actual immovable objects on or near the road, which is why a 50+50 head-on is more violent than a 50+0 collision into something softer.
- judge2020 5y agoNowadays it depends on how new the car is, as newer cars are magnitudes safer than anything 20+ years old. https://youtu.be/C_r5UJrxcck https://youtu.be/C_r5UJrxcck