If you jumped just before a freefalling elevator hit the ground, would you survive?

Answer 1

they tested this on mythbusters, i believe that was proven false, poor buster . . .

Answer 2

When you jump, you are pushing off the floor of the elevator, adding more downward force to the freefalling elevator. Your downward speed will not reduce, the elevator's downward speed will increase a little. But you will still hit the ground hard.

Its not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop.

Answer 3

You might survive but you would break a lot of bones. The only way to avoid injury would be to jump up at the exact same speed at which the elevator is falling, and nobody can jump anywhere near that fast.

Answer 4

Depends how far the elevator was freefalling. 1 or 2 floors you'd probably survive. Think of it this way, if you're travelling down at 100mph, and you jump up at 3mph, that means you're still net 97mph straight down...., probably enough to kill you.

Answer 5

No. You would hit the floor of the elevator with teh same potential energy you had before you jumped.

Answer 6

Once you become part of somethings environment you travel at a "Normal" speed. you may pass me at 1000 MPH but inside that environment you would only be traveling at your normal time. so therefore when you impacted your speed would be equal to your environment and the outside environment would control the new speed and inertia would take over thus leaving you smashed.

Answer 7

Nope

Answer 8

It would depend on how high the elevator fell from. 2nd story...a broken leg, maybe.

84th floor...unlikely.

Answer 9

No it would still smash to smithereens, something would surely crush you

Answer 10

no.