Physics stuff v.Crashes
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So I heard from someone, can't remember who or where, but I was told that if you're about to get into an accident and you can't avoid it at all, if you go faster then them then they will get the brute of the hit and they will get more damage. Is that true? It seems like it wouldn't be. Like if I'm driving in my CRX and I'm about to collide with a SUV and I can't stop it, I should gun it to go as fast as possible.
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From: DFW
Critical speed?
The only critical speed I know of is
"It doesn’t matter how long you have been driving, or how good you think you are. If you exceed the critical speed of a curve, the vehicle will lose control. In order to figure out the critical speed of a curve you need only two things, the radius (or sharpness) of the curve, and the coefficient of friction of the roadway."
The only critical speed I know of is
"It doesn’t matter how long you have been driving, or how good you think you are. If you exceed the critical speed of a curve, the vehicle will lose control. In order to figure out the critical speed of a curve you need only two things, the radius (or sharpness) of the curve, and the coefficient of friction of the roadway."
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Critical speed?
The only critical speed I know of is
"It doesn’t matter how long you have been driving, or how good you think you are. If you exceed the critical speed of a curve, the vehicle will lose control. In order to figure out the critical speed of a curve you need only two things, the radius (or sharpness) of the curve, and the coefficient of friction of the roadway."
The only critical speed I know of is
"It doesn’t matter how long you have been driving, or how good you think you are. If you exceed the critical speed of a curve, the vehicle will lose control. In order to figure out the critical speed of a curve you need only two things, the radius (or sharpness) of the curve, and the coefficient of friction of the roadway."
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From: San Hose Jose
working off memory, KE= 1/2mv^2. Meaning that your kenetic energy is 1/2 the mass multipled by the velocity squared.
If you speed up, your velocity would increase, which results in a higher KE and a bigger collision. :eek3:
If you speed up, your velocity would increase, which results in a higher KE and a bigger collision. :eek3:
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So I heard from someone, can't remember who or where, but I was told that if you're about to get into an accident and you can't avoid it at all, if you go faster then them then they will get the brute of the hit and they will get more damage. Is that true? It seems like it wouldn't be. Like if I'm driving in my CRX and I'm about to collide with a SUV and I can't stop it, I should gun it to go as fast as possible.
Seriously, I can't believe the topic in question was even brought up. Yeah, I'm being a jerk, but really...c'mon man.