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12-31-2006, 12:24 PM
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Car Accident Beat/Brag/Variance
Beat: Yesterday evening while driving home on the DC Beltway, my car was hit from behind at 60mph.
Brag: I was fine, the other driver was fine, my car was fine (not even a scratch), and the other driver's hood was crushed in pretty good. Variance: I drive a Jeep, and the other car was a some tiny little sedan. 
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12-31-2006, 12:28 PM
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Re: Car Accident Beat/Brag/Variance
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Beat: Yesterday evening while driving home on the DC Beltway, my car was hit from behind at 60mph. Brag: I was fine, the other driver was fine, my car was fine (not even a scratch), and the other driver's hood was crushed in pretty good. Variance: I drive a Jeep, and the other car was a some tiny little sedan. [/ QUOTE ] how is this even possible?
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#4
12-31-2006, 12:30 PM
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Re: Car Accident Beat/Brag/Variance
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[ QUOTE ] Beat: Yesterday evening while driving home on the DC Beltway, my car was hit from behind at 60mph. Brag: I was fine, the other driver was fine, my car was fine (not even a scratch), and the other driver's hood was crushed in pretty good. Variance: I drive a Jeep, and the other car was a some tiny little sedan. [/ QUOTE ] how is this even possible? [/ QUOTE ]Exaggeration? Otherwise this doesn't make any sense at all. His car should look like this. 
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12-31-2006, 12:40 PM
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Re: Car Accident Beat/Brag/Variance
Hi my name is -sk00lb0y- and ill be your physics teacher for this thread.
Assuming that both cars were traveling in the same direction*, which we can do because he was hit from behind, the impact was not @ 60 mph. If his car was traveling at 60mph and the other car was traveling at 61 mph there could have been a collision wiht minimal damage. *( another name for direction is vector, but it is fancy and stupid)
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12-31-2006, 12:46 PM
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Re: Car Accident Beat/Brag/Variance
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Beat: Yesterday evening while driving home on the DC Beltway, my car was hit from behind at 60mph. Brag: I was fine, the other driver was fine, my car was fine (not even a scratch), and the other driver's hood was crushed in pretty good. Variance: I drive a Jeep, and the other car was a some tiny little sedan. [/ QUOTE ] how is this even possible? [/ QUOTE ]Exaggeration? Otherwise this doesn't make any sense at all. His car should look like this. [/ QUOTE ] There was considerable damage to the other car, but not as bad as the photo. If I was going 60mph and the other driver was going 70mph, then the force of the impact is obviously quite a bit less than being hit at 60mph while stationary, or crashing into a stationary object at 60mph. It doesn't sound as dramatic that way, though.
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#7
12-31-2006, 12:47 PM
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Re: Car Accident Beat/Brag/Variance
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Hi my name is -sk00lb0y- and ill be your physics teacher for this thread. Assuming that both cars were traveling in the same direction*, which we can do because he was hit from behind, the impact was not @ 60 mph. If his car was traveling at 60mph and the other car was traveling at 61 mph there could have been a collision wiht minimal damage. *( another name for direction is vector, but it is fancy and stupid) [/ QUOTE ]You're correct, though, I was assuming both were infact not going the same speed, but OP's car was going much slower. If they were @ near identical speeds, you are infact correct.
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12-31-2006, 12:48 PM
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Re: Car Accident Beat/Brag/Variance
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Hi my name is -sk00lb0y- and ill be your physics teacher for this thread. Assuming that both cars were traveling in the same direction*, which we can do because he was hit from behind, the impact was not @ 60 mph. If his car was traveling at 60mph and the other car was traveling at 61 mph there could have been a collision wiht minimal damage. *( another name for direction is vector, but it is fancy and stupid) [/ QUOTE ] no, you're wrong. one car at 60mph + one car at 61mph = 121mph.
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12-31-2006, 12:48 PM
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Re: Car Accident Beat/Brag/Variance
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Beat: Yesterday evening while driving home on the DC Beltway, my car was hit from behind at 60mph. Brag: I was fine, the other driver was fine, my car was fine (not even a scratch), and the other driver's hood was crushed in pretty good. Variance: I drive a Jeep, and the other car was a some tiny little sedan. [/ QUOTE ] how is this even possible? [/ QUOTE ]Exaggeration? Otherwise this doesn't make any sense at all. His car should look like this. [/ QUOTE ] There was considerable damage to the other car, but not as bad as the photo. If I was going 60mph and the other driver was going 70mph, then the force of the impact is obviously quite a bit less than being hit at 60mph while stationary, or crashing into a stationary object at 60mph. It doesn't sound as dramatic that way, though. [/ QUOTE ] Quick quiz for our new students: With the info given above what would the force of the impact have been? answer in white: <font color="white"> ARE YOU F-ING KIDDING ME? </font>
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