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Cars can catch fire in real life: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=54e_1333912420 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=54e_1333912420 See also: Ryan Dunn's 911, post-t
by jlgreco 13y ago
Cars can catch fire in real life: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=54e_1333912420 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=54e_1333912420
See also: Ryan Dunn's 911, post-tree.
Hollywood may exaggerate the rate at which that happens, but not much more.
- wavefunction 13y agoRyan Dunn was driving at 130mph when he hit that tree. Not a great example for your position...
- jlgreco 13y agoWhat makes you think his case sets a lower bound on the speed required to start a fire?
- fredoliveira 13y agoWell, physics.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoPhysicists tend to like to repeat an experiment lots of times before attempting to make conclusions based on empirical observations.
- JshWright 13y agoGiven the distance the drive train was tossed in this wreck, I don't think there was any shortage of kinetic energy being dissipated into the vehicle.