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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: Elderberry on November 21, 2020, 10:37:34 pm

Title: Things Crashing Into Other Things At High Speeds
Post by: Elderberry on November 21, 2020, 10:37:34 pm
Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog 11/21/2020

It’s the weekend before Thanksgiving, and since lots of people will be driving home for Thanksgiving (despite the dictates of Obergroupenfuhers Newsom and Whitmer), so let’s look at some high speed crashes.

Here are the Mythbusters crashing cars into a concrete wall at various speeds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkn37BDvTw&feature=emb_logo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkn37BDvTw&feature=emb_logo)

Mythbusters - Car crash force: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8E5dUnLmh4&feature=emb_logo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8E5dUnLmh4&feature=emb_logo)

Here’s UK car program Fifth Gear (AKA “the show the Top Gear guys are always ragging on”) crashing a Ford Focus at 120 MPH:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7dG9UlzeFM&feature=emb_logo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7dG9UlzeFM&feature=emb_logo)

More: https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=46433 (https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=46433)