Old Apr 27, 2005 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by AcuraFanatic
THAAAAT's why trains hit cars. :doh:
:lmao:

Originally Posted by Im@ge
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eat it SUCKA hfawk:
edit - disclaimer: the math is totally off here




i'll even put it another way. once the projectile, in this case the dude hanging out the sunroof, hits the ground, the ground pretty much stops him - give or take a few feet. so lets figure out how long it takes for him to hit the ground, and subsequently stop.

the acceleration of gravity is roughly 9.8m/s (meters per second). lets say the car is approximately 4.74 feet tall (1998 honda accord, according to www.carsdirect.com). that's a pretty fair estimate, and the 98 accord is an average size car. 4.74 feet = 1.44 meters. the instant he is launched from the car, he is no longer being supported by it. he thus begins falling to the ground at roughly 9.8m/s. how long does it take for him to fall 1.44 meters at 9.8m/s you ask?

0.15 seconds.

0.15 seconds to fall to the ground and stop. now. do you think the car will come to a complete stop in 0.15 seconds? ......

eat it SUCKA hfawk:

i can figure out how long it would take the car to stop at 50mph, 40mph, or 30mph, if you reeeeealy want me to. but i guarantee you it won't be anywhere near 0.15 seconds.

anyway dude, i don't know why you gotta get your panties all bunched up. i don't know what happened, cuz i wasn't there. but neither does the person who was there (snoopy). he's getting it second hand, so he doesn't know for sure what happened either. i'm not saying that this absolutely did happen without any shred of doubt - just that it's possible.
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