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DShiznit 0
Nope, I lost my balls on a hard opening. 
BASE is far more dangerous than skydiving.
BASE is far more dangerous than skydiving.
QuoteAnd I don't have balls, but I probably am clinically insane.
Yeah, but with what you do have, you can get all the balls you want!
Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else.
AC DZ
AC DZ
sammer 0
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There is not a car on the market that is designed to survive an impact at 120mph, or 2 cars colliding head on at 60 mph respective.
Each of the two cars would experience the same deceleration as if they had hit a brick wall at 60mph. I guess it really wouldn't matter though
Thats not true there is more energy involved in 2 cars hitting each at 60 than either car would feel alone at 60 into a wall... on the other hand hitting a car will give you more time to decelerate and more vectors for the carsto move through to bleed off the enery. That been said A volvo dealer and BMW dealer in washington state each used to have a wrecked example of their products (a BMW 5 series and I forget the volvo model) brand new cars had hit head on each doing over 55(unknown how much over) both drivers WALKED AWAY
Good Judgment comes from experience...a lot of experience comes from bad
judgment.
Good Judgment comes from experience...a lot of experience comes from bad
judgment.
sammer 0
Yes, there is twice the energy to dissipate....but there are also twice as many cars to absorb that kinetic energy.
QuoteYes, there is twice the energy to dissipate....but there are also twice as many cars to absorb that kinetic energy.
If I remember correctly, the energy increases exponentially with the speed, so it's much more than 2X.
Where's kallend?
sammer 0
Kinetic energy is 1/2mV^2. You still have cars going 60mph, you just have two of them.
If you can imagine a plane perpendicular to the velocity of the cars that is located where the cars impact, I think you would find both cars deforming onto the plane and the end result would be the same as one car hitting a wall that didn't move/deform. That is assuming both cars are identical and symmetrical laterally.
If you can imagine a plane perpendicular to the velocity of the cars that is located where the cars impact, I think you would find both cars deforming onto the plane and the end result would be the same as one car hitting a wall that didn't move/deform. That is assuming both cars are identical and symmetrical laterally.
skyjules 0
If you can't bring yourself to skydive, I don't think base jumping is going to be you're cup fo tea. It sounds like you're afraid of jumping because of the danger, we'll base is alot more dangerous.
***Free bird Forever
***Free bird Forever
There is not a car on the market that is designed to survive an impact at 120mph, or 2 cars colliding head on at 60 mph respective.
Your bubble of protection is psychological.
"If theirs a malfunctionin a shoot the only thing protecting you from the ground is your own ass"
Don't lecture us on skydiving safety, you basically don't know what you are talking about. I mean that in the nicest possible way.
He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson
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