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Stand there for a few seconds or minutes. It’s what glaciers did. They travelled far slower than 1mph and took out mountains. I don’t make the physics, I just
by nemo44x 4y ago
Stand there for a few seconds or minutes. It’s what glaciers did. They travelled far slower than 1mph and took out mountains.
I don’t make the physics, I just live with them.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoRight but you assume the person would be stupid enough to plant their feet and get slowly dragged under the train. Reaction time drops sharply as MPH increases.
- yibg 4y agoUnlike mountains, people are not nailed to the ground waiting to be carved out, they move when they get pushed by a slow but massive object. Only a tiny amount of the train's momentum will get transferred to the person, roughly 1mph x mass of the person worth.