Mythbusters - Crash Force - Awesome Test

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Video - MythBusters - Crash Force

 

Mythbusters crew decided to revisit an old myth that was drawing the ire of the show's fans for quite some time. And it's sure to be an interesting topic to automotive enthusiasts.

 

When two cars collide, each traveling 50 miles per hour, does the resulting force equal one car hitting an immovable object at 100 miles per hour?

 

It seems like such simple physics, no? But don't forget Newton's third law. To quote the great Wikipedia of knowledge, "Whenever a first body exerts a force F on a second body, the second body exerts a force ?F on the first body. F and ?F are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction." Or, more simply, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

[Nytemare]

Good to know.

 

Now I want to see what happens when you smash a small car like that into a full size truck.

 

 

Those vids were awesome BTW

[captainmorgan00]

Cool...I've often wondered about that whole theory.

 

I wonder what the cars would look like if one is doin 30 and the other is doin 70

[Nytemare]

Cool...I've often wondered about that whole theory.

 

I wonder what the cars would look like if one is doin 30 and the other is doin 70

That's also a very good question....Does it look like the 30MPH car...the 70MPH car...or a 50MPH car as an average speed?

[P71_CrownVic]

Yeah...thanks for posting.

 

I was surprised at how well the red car did in the 50MPH crash...and floored at the result of the 100MPH crash.

 

And the best part was hearing those V8s wind out...

[Zembonez]

One of the best mythbusters episodes ever!

[truckofwinandawesome]

Yep, Four Less Daewoos to get in the way of our GM Trucks! but I was SPEECHLESS at the 100MPH test!

[P71_CrownVic]

One of the best mythbusters episodes ever!

Even better in HD...