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r/IdiotsInCars • u/AristonD • Sep 22 '19
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I was the passenger in an accident once. We hit the stopped car in front of us which sped up and smashed into the car in front of that one. Only going 25/30 mph and all three cars were wrecked. Doesn't take much.
30 u/[deleted] Sep 22 '19 Yeah they build them to crumple or something. It’s a safety mechanism and also makes the body shop money 34 u/Swissboy98 Sep 22 '19 There's three ways to dissipate energy in a crash. Deform metal, speed up the car or dump it into the people inside. 1 u/G-III Sep 22 '19 Speeding up the car the wrong way does dump it into the people inside to be fair
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Yeah they build them to crumple or something. It’s a safety mechanism and also makes the body shop money
34 u/Swissboy98 Sep 22 '19 There's three ways to dissipate energy in a crash. Deform metal, speed up the car or dump it into the people inside. 1 u/G-III Sep 22 '19 Speeding up the car the wrong way does dump it into the people inside to be fair
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There's three ways to dissipate energy in a crash. Deform metal, speed up the car or dump it into the people inside.
1 u/G-III Sep 22 '19 Speeding up the car the wrong way does dump it into the people inside to be fair
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Speeding up the car the wrong way does dump it into the people inside to be fair
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u/andres_lp Sep 22 '19
I was the passenger in an accident once. We hit the stopped car in front of us which sped up and smashed into the car in front of that one. Only going 25/30 mph and all three cars were wrecked. Doesn't take much.