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Speed is a factor. If you're a pedestrian, and the vehicle traveling at 35mph, the size matters much, much less. You're going for a ride, regardless.

lb1lf 3y ago
Yes, but the small car will bounce you over the hood and dump you back down again, worse for wear, but presumably alive. The bigger vehicles slam you down and then drive over you, for a much less pleasant experience.
- ewgoforth 3y ago
  Or you accelerate to 35 mph basically instantaneously. That's a lot of Gs.
  - sonicanatidae 3y ago
    according to the prior poster, they just walk away from all those Gs, unharmed. lol
notaustinpowers 3y ago
Getting hit by a Fiat 500 at 35mpg will just have me roll onto the hood, slow my speed, and allow me to either roll over the car or roll off the front again. With most of the initial impact affect my legs and thighs. Getting hit by a Hummer EV will have my head and torso (y'know, the juicy, sensitive bits) getting hit first, with no ability to slow my speed by rolling onto anything, I just get thrown forward into more traffic, or end up underneath the vehicle where my juicy sensitive bits are now able to get run over by a comparative weight of a small elephant.
- sonicanatidae 3y ago
  at 35mph?!?! You'll be sent into the air. Not 400feet or anything, but you will not simply be rolling gently over the vehicle, then hop off and continue your day. How high do you think someone can fly without cracking your skull when you land on pavement?
  - notaustinpowers 3y ago
    Where did I say I'd hop off and continue my day? Where did I say I'd be rolling gently over the vehicle? I'd much rather have the chance of rolling, flying, or at least something that will allow my body the chance to lose momentum. Rather than within 1 second find my skull under the wheel of a 9,000 lb vehicle.
  - bryanlarsen 3y ago
    The pedestrian mortality rate for a 35mph collision is 10%.

lb1lf 3y ago

Yes, but the small car will bounce you over the hood and dump you back down again, worse for wear, but presumably alive. The bigger vehicles slam you down and then drive over you, for a much less pleasant experience.

ewgoforth 3y ago
Or you accelerate to 35 mph basically instantaneously. That's a lot of Gs.
- sonicanatidae 3y ago
  according to the prior poster, they just walk away from all those Gs, unharmed. lol

notaustinpowers 3y ago

Getting hit by a Fiat 500 at 35mpg will just have me roll onto the hood, slow my speed, and allow me to either roll over the car or roll off the front again. With most of the initial impact affect my legs and thighs. Getting hit by a Hummer EV will have my head and torso (y'know, the juicy, sensitive bits) getting hit first, with no ability to slow my speed by rolling onto anything, I just get thrown forward into more traffic, or end up underneath the vehicle where my juicy sensitive bits are now able to get run over by a comparative weight of a small elephant.

sonicanatidae 3y ago
at 35mph?!?! You'll be sent into the air. Not 400feet or anything, but you will not simply be rolling gently over the vehicle, then hop off and continue your day. How high do you think someone can fly without cracking your skull when you land on pavement?
- notaustinpowers 3y ago
  Where did I say I'd hop off and continue my day? Where did I say I'd be rolling gently over the vehicle? I'd much rather have the chance of rolling, flying, or at least something that will allow my body the chance to lose momentum. Rather than within 1 second find my skull under the wheel of a 9,000 lb vehicle.
- bryanlarsen 3y ago
  The pedestrian mortality rate for a 35mph collision is 10%.