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Fifth Gear - 60mph Head On Crash

This was a world first - two family saloons controlled by remote control driven into each other with a closing speed of 120mph. Giving you the opportunity to see what you normally don't - the anatomy of a high speed collision.

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velocity73R : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

velocity73R

35 votes NegativePositive

104 days 19 hours ago...

Should have put some yellow lines on the road, so the guy`s driving the Remote Controlled cars, had a better idea of where the center point was for each car...

SantaAndFriends : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

SantaAndFriends

13 votes NegativePositive

104 days 19 hours ago...

Brutal crash that, wouldn`t want to live after a crash like that, you`d be eating through a straw rest of your days.

Flynn_2006 : LVL 46: VP 5: said:

Flynn_2006

10 votes NegativePositive

104 days 16 hours ago...

It`s a good thing my M1 Abrams could never reach 60MPH.

saltesc : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

saltesc

6 votes NegativePositive

104 days 12 hours ago...

If only they swapped positions of the radiators and fuel tanks...

exploder : LVL 49: VP 5: said:

exploder

41 votes NegativePositive

104 days 9 hours ago...

What happened to all the film and vid from all those special cameras?

R10 : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

R10

-1 votes NegativePositive

104 days 4 hours ago...

Interesting video, just wondering what it would be like to be the driver in the BMW during the collision. That steering wheel could easily turn your thorax into slush.

Bummer : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

Bummer

0 votes NegativePositive

103 days 13 hours ago...

velocity, I think it was deliberately set up for an offset crash.

hell_viper1 : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

hell_viper1

13 votes NegativePositive

103 days 12 hours ago...

What with all those high speed cameras, where the fuck is the slow motion??

daftcunt : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

daftcunt

15 votes NegativePositive

103 days 11 hours ago...

@ the poster:

1. The "closing speed" is NOT 120 mph, the IMPACT (or damage if you wish) to either car is the same as if you crash it with the same offset against a concrete pillar at 60mph (assuming that the mass of both cars is equal, which in this case it seems to be near enough). You can visualise it this way: think of two cars crashing either side into a VERY thick wall at 60mph ->!!!!!<-, now you reduce the thickness of this wall by half and repeat the crash test until the thickness is no more measurable ->!<- then: -><- the damage to either car will always be the same!

2. The TOTAL ENERGY absorbed is equal to ONE car crashing into a concrete pillar @ 120mph (again assuming that the mass of both cars is equal), however, as two cars are involved this energy is devided equally between the two.

This changes dramatically if one of the cars is heavier than the other (say VW Beetle vs Mercedes S-Class) as each car still has to absorb the same amount of energy the damage to the VW will be a lot higher than when you crash it against a concrete pillar at the same speed, the opposite is true for the Merc.

fhgwghads : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

fhgwghads

Hidden (Show Comment) -12 votes

103 days 11 hours ago...

^Boring, it was cool as hell, you have made it boring.

eNigma333 : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

eNigma333

0 votes NegativePositive

103 days 10 hours ago...

I once crashed doing 120mph, was left unharmed.
Guess I had some luck, and it sure as hell made me think.

pro420 : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

pro420

1 votes NegativePositive

103 days 10 hours ago...

daft = James May?

moss197 : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

moss197

7 votes NegativePositive

103 days 7 hours ago...

Now I will think a lot more when I go the other way on the raectrack while playing my video games. Those poor e-people.

rc : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

rc

-2 votes NegativePositive

103 days 5 hours ago...

next time george bush and tony blair driving.

Might as well do something useful in their lives

clicker01 : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

clicker01

5 votes NegativePositive

103 days 3 hours ago...

^ only if you are standing in the middle

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