Re:Mini imported Japanese vehicles may soon be banned on Mas...
by tourmalinetaco on Thursday August 15, 2024 @05:29PM
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The only way you can somehow NOT come to this conclusion is by denying that all vehicles, big or small, are dangerous and fooling yourself into thinking that there is some magical size where a multi-ton object going at 60MPH is somehow not a lethal force.
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Re:Mini imported Japanese vehicles may soon be banned on Mas...
by skeaker on Friday August 16, 2024 @01:36PM
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I mean it's just momentum = mass*velocity. Something with more mass inherently has more momentum, and will therefore be harder to stop in an emergency/hit harder when it crashes. That's obviously more dangerous no matter how you look at it. A penny going at 60 MPH at your head probably won't kill you but a truck will. A penny going 1000 MPH will probably kill you, but I wouldn't call a penny as dangerous as a truck even though they're both potentially lethal.