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[โ€“] [email protected] 106 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Largely true, but it's crazy what the difference of just a few feet of slowing down does (rather than zero feet of abrupt stopping) to acceleration forces. The crumple zone on a car only has to be 3 feet long to turn a 60mph crash from a fatality to a horrific injury.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

What's the old saying? It's not the fall that kills you, but the abrupt stop?

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