Do not crash your focus into a wall at 120mph

[CJ]

Oh, thought it was longer than that.

I never see them on the road anymore.

I still like them and the SVT Contour.

The contour was a damn disaster from a electrical perspective. Geez those cars sucked. The SVT looked good, and had a nice 2.5L Duratec, but geez - I don't think I would ever own one.

[Ratt]

What he (guy in video) meant to say is, 120mph collision into a wall is equivalent of two 60mph cars hitting head to head.


Vector math

No...it's not... True, the distance between two cars going the same speed is closed as quickly as one car going the same speed towards a wall, but energy imparted is not equal. Two cars hitting each other at 60 is like a car hitting a brick wall at 60, and two cars hitting each other at 120 is like a car hitting a brick wall at 120.

[Buick355]

No...it's not... True, the distance between two cars going the same speed is closed as quickly as one car going the same speed towards a wall, but energy imparted is not equal. Two cars hitting each other at 60 is like a car hitting a brick wall at 60, and two cars hitting each other at 120 is like a car hitting a brick wall at 120.

This is true. When two equal opposing forces collide they will stop each other dead in their tracks, similar to hitting a wall with no give.

[SS Junk]

No...it's not...

This is true.

You two watch Mythbusters because you aren't smart enough to figure that shit out on your own.

[TheTRiM]

long story short..... seatbelts are optional boys n girls

[Ratt]

You two watch Mythbusters because you aren't smart enough to figure that shit out on your own.

You don't fuckin' know me.

All kidding aside, I did the same damn experiment mythbusters did when I was a sophomore in high school circa 2000.

[GhostTX]

No...it's not... True, the distance between two cars going the same speed is closed as quickly as one car going the same speed towards a wall, but energy imparted is not equal. Two cars hitting each other at 60 is like a car hitting a brick wall at 60, and two cars hitting each other at 120 is like a car hitting a brick wall at 120.

This is true. When two equal opposing forces collide they will stop each other dead in their tracks, similar to hitting a wall with no give.

You don't fuckin' know me.

All kidding aside, I did the same damn experiment mythbusters did when I was a sophomore in high school circa 2000.

http://warp.povusers.org/grrr/collisionmath.html

[SS Junk]

http://warp.povusers.org/grrr/collisionmath.html

Maybe he is not a phycisist, but nevertheless he of all people should know this.

LOL. Angry nerds rule. Maybe this bloke isn't an educator, but nevertheless he should know how to spell 'physicist.'

[Cobraman]

Driver wasn't focusing.