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Old 02-26-2008, 01:12 PM   #8 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Speaking of inertia... I remember an older guy telling me about a crash he had and how just before he hit he floored it so that he'd be better off in the crash.
Sorry... but he's an idiot - or, at least, ignorant to some physics... Speeding up doesn't change the energy split in a collision unless you're dumping or adding a huge amount of mass in the process. You're just giving yourself more energy that you'll need to cope with.
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