Shocking Ford Focus 120mph crash test!

[danny0001uk1]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlwtfh_world-s-fa...

Be careful out there guys!

[h4muf]

Almost any car will do that at 120.

[littleredrooster]

Pearoast

[joebongo]

So this is equal to 2 cars colliding at 60 each?

[Dave Hedgehog]

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[Magic919]

Dave Hedgehog said:

yeah you defiantly want to avoid those immovable objects

What if you are not defiant?

[Dave Hedgehog]

Magic919 said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

yeah you defiantly want to avoid those immovable objects

What if you are not defiant?

stupid spell checker

[With these feet]

I often wonder exactly what these tests are supposed to show? We know that when you hit a immovable object at high speed things break, but this seems to be a waste of a tidy Focus! As the poster above said, avoid big red and white concrete blocks as they hurt.

I did however enjoy the Mythbusters rocket sled / cutting a car in half, though it wasnt portrayed as some kind of road safety guff.

[TorqueTalk]

joebongo said:

So this is equal to 2 cars colliding at 60 each?

Each have there own 60mph crash, its not doubled bit of a myth...

[carsarecool]

22 years ago, I had a 60/60 mph head on with another car - he was overtaking a bus over a hill.

I was in a 1988 Astravan and got away with 2 broken ribs - you couldn't have climbed back into the car. Seeing that reminds me of what it looked like. I was one lucky boy that day!

As said above, I would imagine pretty much any car would look like that after a 120 into a concrete wall.

[Justin Cyder]

That'll buff out...


To save anyone else the bother of cracking that gag.

[Willy Nilly]

What a load of bullocks. Under what circumstances would one crash with an impact speed of 120mph into something solid and head on?

[greygoose]

Willy Nilly said:

What a load of bullocks. Under what circumstances would one crash with an impact speed of 120mph into something solid and head on?

If you can't afford the Dignitas clinic?

[Dave Hedgehog]

greygoose said:

Willy Nilly said:

What a load of bullocks. Under what circumstances would one crash with an impact speed of 120mph into something solid and head on?

If you can't afford the Dignitas clinic?

its my preferred way

[neilbauer]

That's like hitting and egg with a hammer and then saying wow what a mess, I wasn't expecting that

[The Moose]

joebongo said:

So this is equal to 2 cars colliding at 60 each?

No, in short!

The reason not is that the concrete block doesn't move backwards with the crash whereas 2 cars in a head on collision would both have a reaction in the opposite (i.e. rearwards) direction.

Another Mythbusters test they did

[thinfourth2]

Quick BAN something

Just ban something anything it doesn't matter if it has any effect on anything

Just ban something

Think of the children

How about banning driving into concrete blocks at 120Mph?

[GTiFrank]

Speeding doesn't kill. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's the real Killer.

[0000]

Make sure it's something fun and not particularly related that gets banned.

[The Moose]

thinfourth2 said:

Quick BAN something

Just ban something anything it doesn't matter if it has any effect on anything

Just ban something

Think of the children

How about banning driving into concrete blocks at 120Mph?

I know what the solution is.

Ban concrete blocks. Make the world a much safer place as we all drive around at 120mph