Re:Bigger vehicles are directly resulting in more deaths of ...
by leetcrew on Monday August 23, 2021 @09:41AM
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> More mass means more force to impart at the same speed.
technically yes, but the effect of more mass in a vehicle-pedestrian collision is asymptotic. a small (3000 lbs) sedan is already 15-20x the mass of a typical human. the vehicle loses a very small fraction of its initial velocity to momentum transfer. it really doesn't make much difference if you double or triple the mass of the vehicle.
technically yes, but the effect of more mass in a vehicle-pedestrian collision is asymptotic. a small (3000 lbs) sedan is already 15-20x the mass of a typical human. the vehicle loses a very small fraction of its initial velocity to momentum transfer. it really doesn't make much difference if you double or triple the mass of the vehicle.
try playing around with a momentum calculator to see what I mean: https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/conservation-of-momen...