Those darn Narrow Roads...

[hobbyfarm]

As kissing mirrors can tell you, <font color="red">getting noticed is a two way street</font>! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[johnday]

ROFLMAO!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Nasty135]

hobbyfarm, That was great!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[GeneD14]

hobbyfarm,
I liked you recap of this thread. It was hilarious! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[turnkey4099]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> Actually, two vehicles travelling at 30 mph run into each other is like hitting a wall at 30 MPH.............think about it........
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OK, now I'm trying to understand this better. Two vehicles traveling 30 mphs towards each other have a closing speed effectively equal to 60 MPH. Thus, I say the amount of energy transferred as far as momentum is concerned is 60 mph. I suggest it is not like hitting a wall at all unless the wall crumples similar to that of a Ford or Dodge truck. I would rather hit a truck at 30 mph then a immovable, non collasable solid wall. Correct me where I am wrong. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif )</font>

Sorry for the late come in here but this is a pet hobby horse of mine. It doesn't take physics or math to understand the basics. Just a bit of thinking.

2 vehicles (of near equal mass) colliding head-on at 30: Each will have a felt impact of 30 mph. Why? Because both come to a stop from 30 mph, not 60. The total energy is a function of 60 but it is shared by both vehicles, 30 each.

Harry K

 

[Junkman]

Does hitting that stone wall at 30 MPH hurt any less than at 60 MPH?????? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Wannafish]

Yes! I've hit it at both speeds /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Some people never learn. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[_RaT_]

Great explanation.

 

[edski]

So if I'm walking at 2mph into a:
1) Wall,
2) a 2 mph truck,
3) a 2 mph bodacious blonde
It all feels the same??? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Junkman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( So if I'm walking at 2mph into a:
1) Wall,
2) a 2 mph truck,
3) a 2 mph bodacious blonde
It all feels the same??? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif )</font>

The wall will give you a bruise or a bloody nose....
the truck might give you a cut or two......
the blonde will give you a black eye, scream for help, and some big brute of a guy will beat the crap out of you, and then have your sorry a.. put in jail...... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif