Corolla and Hummer

[furrycute]

http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/27/laptop_using_driver/


I know, using a computer while driving caused all this. But still, you can't help but start wondering how safe it is to be driving those tiny little tin cans (increasingly becoming mostly plastic cans).

 

[markw]

Dang!

That's one rugged laptop. Wonder what it was? I want one.

Oh, that's just Darwin in action. The average human intelligence level just rose a few thousandths of a percent.

 

[j_garcia]

I guess his life and the life of others wasn't more important than whatever he was doing on his computer.

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

The Hummer occupants were "slightly injured". That has to be a blow to GM. Their advertising had me believe a Hummer would have to run into an Avalon-or-larger Toyota before the occupants would be harmed.

 

[Geno]

Darwinism in action.

 

[no. 5]

The Hummer occupants were "slightly injured". That has to be a blow to GM. Their advertising had me believe a Hummer would have to run into an Avalon-or-larger Toyota before the occupants would be harmed.

Have you seen any of the new Doge ads?

They makes me wonder who would win in a Ram Vs. Hummer crash.

 

[apatel25314]

ionno my dad took his h2 off a road and took down 3 telephone poles and did not break a bone in his body so i will personally say i feel they are very safe cars.

 

[j_garcia]

Yep, you survive, but the OTHER person dies...

 

[no. 5]

ionno my dad took his h2 off a road and took down 3 telephone poles and did not break a bone in his body so i will personally say i feel they are very safe cars.

Safer for the person in the H2 perhaps, in a two car crash, having an advantage in mass gives the driver in the larger car a better chance of survivability (because his car will be decelerating slower then the other, smaller car), but the driver in the smaller car will not fair as well.

I work for a company that makes rescue equipment for auto accidents (think "Jaws of Life"), and I can tell you, that what you drive and how little damage said vehicle has after a crash are not always a good indicator of crash survivability; force = mass * velocity (squared), so the forces you body undergoes as it decelerates in a crash get very large very quickly.

At around highway speeds (60 - 70 MPH or so) in a crash, it's not uncommon for a persons legs to split open, because our skin doesn't have the tense strength to hold the leg mussels in at such high forces (even with just one car involved).

On that gruesome note o ), the moral of the story is to pay attention to your driving so as to avoid a crash, and not cause a crash yourself.

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

They makes me wonder who would win in a Ram Vs. Hummer crash.

Everybody wins!

 

[Yamahaluver]

There is a picture on the net of a RAM versus Hummer, the RAM demolished the Hummer, btw, wonder what will happen when the Hummer will hit a Land Cruiser or Mercedes G Wagen

 

[majorloser]

Probably a Toshiba Toughbook. We use those at work. They can take a beating and keep working. Granted, they cost about twice as much as a regular laptop.

 

[AndrewLyles]

Safer for the person in the H2 perhaps, in a two car crash, having an advantage in mass gives the driver in the larger car a better chance of survivability (because his car will be decelerating slower then the other, smaller car), but the driver in the smaller car will not fair as well.

I work for a company that makes rescue equipment for auto accidents (think "Jaws of Life"), and I can tell you, that what you drive and how little damage said vehicle has after a crash are not always a good indicator of crash survivability; force = mass * velocity (squared), so the forces you body undergoes as it decelerates in a crash get very large very quickly.

At around highway speeds (60 - 70 MPH or so) in a crash, it's not uncommon for a persons legs to split open, because our skin doesn't have the tense strength to hold the leg mussels in at such high forces (even with just one car involved).

On that gruesome note o ), the moral of the story is to pay attention to your driving so as to avoid a crash, and not cause a crash yourself.

This reminds me of a lot of discussions around peoples interpretation of Race Car crashes, especially the open wheeled variety like in F1. It's tough for people to understand that typically when a car like that is in a wreck you want to be seeing parts fly everywhere to lessen the forces on the body. I'd rather my car take the hit than me anyday of the week.

 

[no. 5]

This reminds me of a lot of discussions around peoples interpretation of Race Car crashes, especially the open wheeled variety like in F1. It's tough for people to understand that typically when a car like that is in a wreck you want to be seeing parts fly everywhere to lessen the forces on the body. I'd rather my car take the hit than me anyday of the week.

Exactly! Sometimes, I'm surprised at the number of people I know personally who wouldn’t agree with, or understand what you said there (what are they thinking??).... or who don't agree with the need for seat belts.

 

[furrycute]

Interesting, never thought about F1 crashes that way before...

At the moment of impact, there is one large force directed against the combined object striking the guardrail. If the car stays intact, than the driver will have to experience the entire force. However, if the car breaks into little pieces that fly off, then that one large force is distributed amongst the driver and the smaller car parts that fly off, so the final force the driver experiences is a fraction of that one large force.

Interesting idea.

 

[no. 5]

Seat belts help with that too (in addition to keeping your body from hitting the steering weal or windshield at whatever speed the crash happened at); F1 or on road, at high speeds the whole belt system is elastic enough to also help to keep your body from receiving a fatal force (they are not really elastic at low speeds, though).

 

[Twexcom]

What happened to the people in the Corolla?