Crashing a Ford Focus at 120mph

corglass

Hey guys,

Check this out. It's a poignant reminder that crash energy increases with a square relationship to speed.

Double the speed, quadruple the crash force.

http://i.imgur.com/BOZr41L.gif

colm_mcm

Better not crash head-on into an immovable object at 120mph so

bazz26

A quick rub of T-Cut and it will buff out....

Cuddlesworth

Thats why 2 penalty points and a stern talking to is the right answer to somebody driving down the motorway the wrong direction.

corktina

don't worry, it's not a real ST170

Guy:Incognito

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Thats why 2 penalty points and a stern talking to is the right answer to somebody driving down the motorway the wrong direction.

Is this ever not going to be the stock stupid answer?

Has anyone gotten away with just getting 2 points when caught driving the wrong way on a motorway?

corktina

only posthumously

BrianD3

Some good videos of head on impacts on DTC's youtube channel. Even 112 km/h which is far slower (and a more realistic speed on a public road) is a horribly sudden stop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKd75JwsMm0

colm_mcm

http://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Licensed%20Drivers/Penalty%20Points%20Chart1.pdf

That's what the penalty is. Maybe they'd combine it with another offence?

Mechanic365

colm_mcm wrote: »

Better not crash head-on into an immovable object at 120mph so

Ya like ffs it's not like I was going to do it tomorrow because I wanted to see what it would be like, especially not in an st170 :-P

lassykk

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Is this ever not going to be the stock stupid answer?

Has anyone gotten away with just getting 2 points when caught driving the wrong way on a motorway?

My cousin drove the wrong way on to the motorway and proceeded to plough into a mini bus... No points / no ban

I have caused family arguments by saying that level of stupidity and wrecklessness should be a permanent driving back

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

It'd be over instantly at that speed. The engine shears off its mounts and crushes you.

Sam Quentin

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

It'd be over instantly at that speed. The engine shears off its mounts and crushes you.

Yeah only for that you would survive.

colm_mcm

Liteace FTW.

CiniO

Most crash tests are proceeded at speeds of around 50-60km/h and that's realistic speed at which occupants still have some chance of surviving when hitting stationary object.
Above that, chances are very very slim.

However on the other hand, it seldom happens someone hits the wall at high speeds.
Even if you are travelling at 150km/h and skid, leave the road and hit the wall, most likely by the time you are hitting it your speed is already greatly reduced. That's why lots of people involved in accidents when driving at relatively high speeds still manage to survive.

CiniO

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Thats why 2 penalty points and a stern talking to is the right answer to somebody driving down the motorway the wrong direction.

Still woulnd't be 120mph unless he was speeding in the wrong direction.

CiniO

CiniO wrote: »

Still woulnd't be 120mph unless he was speeding in the wrong direction.

Would I be right in saying that two cars colliding head on, each doing 60pmh, is the same (effectively) as a single car going 120mph into a stationery object?

CiniO

Deleted User wrote: »

Would I be right in saying that two cars colliding head on, each doing 60pmh, is the same (effectively) as a single car going 120mph into a stationery object?

No, that's not right.

In ideal conditions, two identical cars, both doing 60mph colliding exactly straight head on, would have the same consequences as each of those cars crashed into a concrete wall at 60mph.

dastardly00

Here's another interesting crash test from Fifth Gear. A modern light Renault Modus with a 5-star Euro NCAP rating has a head-on collision with a big old heavy Volvo 940GLE estate.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCecdOBCFjI

jimgoose

Here's a 2009 saloon vs. a big old classic tank. Note that the 1959 Chevy's driver's compartment is fairly mangled, while the modern one's is hardly bent:

corktina

unfortunately, all the modern safety features don't stop your brain and other organs bouncing about and getting mangled. not sure what they can do with that except devlope automatic cars that can't crash into each other.

jimgoose

corktina wrote: »

unfortunately, all the modern safety features don't stop your brain and other organs bouncing about and getting mangled. not sure what they can do with that except devlope automatic cars that can't crash into each other.

Five-point harness and a €700 Arai, I suppose. But I can't see the punters going for it. :pac: