Comment on A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 10 months agoCar bumpers are usually able to take a 5-10 mph crash without more than cosmetic damage. But that's only if the bumpers hit each other. The fuckoff huge trucks have their bumpers up where the tailgate is, which will crumple the lid an maybe fuck up your frame which can total a car even in a light impact
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Bet they are more likely to hit another car as well. .5mv^2. Double the mass, double the stopping distance