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.

 

drive 120mph into a brick wall
you should go right thru it like paper

 

Thats what I was thinking and thats why I doubt its true.

 

they will get more damage, but so will you.

 

doesnt make sense to me... plus if you have enough time to decide to gun it, and actually do build up speed, then you should have enough time to avoid it all together.

also seems like your "friend" doesnt want you are anymore

 

say you're going 120 and they're going 60 they of course will take more damamge assuming your cars are close in weight. this doesn't mean you will get less damage by going faster.

 

Is this a joke? When two objects collide, the hit each other with an equal and opposite force. Check out Newton's laws. Gunning it means both of your cars are messed up.

 

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Increasing the speed will only increase the amount of energy you have built up. The more energy built up then the more that needs to be dissipated. That is dissipated through a bigger more damaging crash.

So to answer your question (...and they will get more damage. Is that true?). Simply yes. They will get more damage.

But so will you.

 

I wish I could remember who said it to me. :shrug:

 

Well, I believe that it has more to do with mass and inertia. If a Mack truck going 40 mph and a CRX going 100 mph hit head on, I am willing to bet that the Mack truck would win.