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re: Ford Focus vs wall at 120mph
Posted on 5/6/15 at 6:18 am to Street Hawk
Posted on 5/6/15 at 6:18 am to Street Hawk
Don't know how force vectors work do ya? Nor what the energy equation is.
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 6:23 am to tiger81
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Ford Focus
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120mph
Posted on 5/6/15 at 6:23 am to ksayetiger
Did car A go past the shroud after impact or stay in the same spot
Posted on 5/6/15 at 6:54 am to kywildcatfanone
You do realize that the car was being pulled by a high speed winch system, right?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 6:54 am to Street Hawk
Also with two cars, there are twice the crumple zones....which will help reduce acceleration forces albeit slightly at that speed.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:03 am to goofball
Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:03 am to NewIberiaHaircut
"But dat gas mileage tho"
-MeauxJeaux2
-MeauxJeaux2
Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:03 am to KosmoCramer
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OR two cars hitting each other head on going 60 MPH.
Scary.
Two cars going 60mph don't even deserve to be on the road because they aren't practicing fuel conservation by going at least 80mph each. People that waste gas by going those slower speeds really piss me off.
This post was edited on 5/6/15 at 7:06 am
Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:27 am to goofball
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The worst vehicle I've ever owned was a Ford. They are absolute junk in every measurable way.
Someone hasn't been in one in a really long time.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:37 am to PhiTiger1764
quote:So I assume whatever vehicles you currently own, you'd like your chances of surviving a 120 MPH crash?. . .
Seems highly unlikely one would survive that crash. And that's why I'll never own a Ford Focus.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:40 am to weadjust
Not fast enough. They weren't in the optimum "gas mileage zone" quite yet.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:43 am to Patrick_Bateman
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So I assume whatever vehicles you currently own, you'd like your chances of surviving a 120 MPH crash?. . .
I drive my formula one for short errands. To work, my nascar pace car. Wtf do you drive?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:53 am to Street Hawk
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F = mV^2
That only works if you assume the car moves 1 foot (or meter for SI) after collision.
If you are working in distance units,
W=F*x=?KE=(1/2)m*v^2-(1/2)m*v0^2
Or if you want to read up on it LINK
Posted on 5/6/15 at 7:54 am to KosmoCramer
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OR two cars hitting each other head on going 60 MPH.
what about 3 cars doing 40mph?
or, or.. 4 cars doing 30mph?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 8:02 am to Patrick_Bateman
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So I assume whatever vehicles you currently own, you'd like your chances of surviving a 120 MPH crash?.
My last Ford couldn't survive a year without seeing a mechanic...so in a 120 mph crash, I'll take my chances in either my Subaru or Acura (or my old full sized truck) over a Focus.
That being said, how fast was Princess Diana's Mercedes going when it was in the accident? I was told it may have been survivable if seatbelts had been used.
This post was edited on 5/6/15 at 8:05 am
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