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Old 02-06-2015, 10:35 PM   #30 (permalink)
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At one time people were terrified at flying along at speeds faster then a horse could run. We now routinely operate our own vehicles at 75 mph so what is so magical about 100 mph. Safety has improved so much that people can and do survive crashes at speed in many accidents. NASCAR expects drivers to survive crashes at double the speeds we drive. With pre 1960 cars people died in low speed accidents.
In the 1930s they would find wrecked cars in the branches of trees. Now that's aerodyamics.
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