> My high school driver’s ed textbook asserted that a head on collision between two cars each going 50 miles an hour had the same effect on each as running into a brick wall at 100 miles an hour.
I've intuitively believed this to be true for a long time. But the article made me think about it, and the textbook is quite wrong.
It's a test similar to if you're in a train in motion, and you drop a ball in the aisle, does it fall towards the front or the back of the train?
I've intuitively believed this to be true for a long time. But the article made me think about it, and the textbook is quite wrong.
It's a test similar to if you're in a train in motion, and you drop a ball in the aisle, does it fall towards the front or the back of the train?