2006-07-23 03:03:59 · 14 answers · asked by fred 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
yesterday a guy ,18,is died in a car crash...he was my friend....................
2006-07-23 03:10:49 · update #1
Sorry to hear about your friend, I went through that when I was 16. Drunk driver hit him. It was terrible. As long as there are cars, there will be accident and unfortunitily people will die. If people would be more courteous and drive safer the numbers would go down. Once again sorry about your friend.
2006-07-23 08:15:02 · answer #1 · answered by rmurf6987 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
They are dangerous because of the sudden stop at the end.
When you are driving down the road, you are going the same speed as the car. When you collide into something, that releases the energy the car was creating to move forward. As the saying goes, a body in motion stays in motion, and thus the occupants in the car are still moving even though the car has stopped. Once you fall forward and are restrained by the seat belt or ejected through the front if you stupidly didn't wear a seat belt, then the energy that was created from your forward motion stops, and then it comes to your internal organs. They are moving just as fast, and collide forward as well inside of you until they are stopped.
That is why car crashes are so dangerous.
2006-07-23 10:13:53 · answer #2 · answered by Slipshade 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in one, so I can tell you from first hand experience. Lets say its a one care accident. The car is going 50 miles and hour and suddenly hits a tree, now its going 0 miles an hour. Your body is still going 50 miles an hour. It doesn't just suddenly stop. Think of an egg being dropped from the top of a building onto a sidewalk. . All your vital organs are smashed against each other. Your neck whips back and forth. Your head smashes into the windshield or steering wheelYour body was not meant to go from 50 to 0 in 0 seconds.
2006-07-23 10:11:07 · answer #3 · answered by Linda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try closing a door to any room in your residence and run into it with your head down like a bull at full speed. Then imagine how much more it would hurt if you added about 2000 pounds and 60 miles per hour to the experiment.
2006-07-23 10:08:34 · answer #4 · answered by Windseeker_1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry about your friend... a lot of people dont realize how dangerous driving can be if you are not responsible enuf to put 100% focus on it.
2006-07-23 14:29:40 · answer #5 · answered by monie99701 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seriously?
2006-07-23 10:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by Katie Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it hurts to hit things at high speeds? You can test this theory yourself by running straight into a wall or dropping down a staircase!
*Do not actually test this theory; it is unnecesary.*
2006-07-23 10:08:54 · answer #7 · answered by enaronia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Force = Mass x Acceleration. and cars are heavy and fast!
2006-07-23 10:08:54 · answer #8 · answered by xoil1321321432423 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your in a hollow piece of metal and plastic, traveling 60 mph....Then the hollow shell stops and you keep going....The outcome is seldom pretty.
2006-07-23 10:09:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LET'S SEE...
YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG AT 30 MPH...
THE PERSON IN THE OPPOSITE LANE IS DRIVING AT 30 MPH ALSO...
YOU COLLIDE HEAD ON....
THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF YOU HITTING A BRICK WALL AT 60 MPH!
DOUBLE BOTH CARS' SPEEDS TO 60 MPH...
AND THAT IS LIKE HITTING A BRICK WALL AT 120 MPH!!!
OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-07-23 10:08:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋