Yaris vs. Camry - Yaris looses

[supmet]

Originally Posted by roxy1

reading is a skill. since some frontal collisions with trees and other solid barriers are obviously head on collisions, and car on car head on collisions make up for 1 in 50 of crashes, then obviously more than 1 in 50 crashes are of the head on variety.

And that has what context to me talking about 2 cars hitting head on, with perfectly oppositely aligned forces. That is the ONLY thing my original post was about - any real world situation, someone will attempt correction, giving a tangent to the force, rather than having it crumple the entire vehicle from being perfectly aligned. You chose to start talking about trees and crap, which is pretty much when I stopped trying to understand what you were talking about.

Originally Posted by roxy1

physics will clearly show that hitting a tree head on will impart more damage than two cars hitting each other going 25 mph.

A car going how fast hitting the tree? And lets just pull some more random numbers out of nowhere to confuse the situation more.

Originally Posted by roxy1

the abilities of a car to withstand these types of crash tests has relevance in the context of any type of head on collision regardless of the object.

Sort of true, but more useful data could be obtained from more realistic tests.

Originally Posted by tamago

why are you two arguing about this?

are you new to the idea of internet forums?

[Zaphod]

Originally Posted by TheRealEnth

cars crash.. people die.... dont worry about statistics.... just try to be a good driver.... if someone else was the bad driver and u got f**ked over.. then thats life.... end it

Neverway! You should embrace the roadrage and play chicken with oncoming traffic on the highway like there's no tomorrow.

[TheSilkySmooth]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

You are totally incorrect, from start to finish.

Back to school, the whole lot of you! You guys probably think a ten pound weight falls faster than a 3 pound weight. Flat-earthers ...

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by TheSilkySmooth

Back to school, the whole lot of you! You guys probably think a ten pound weight falls faster than a 3 pound weight. Flat-earthers ...

I'll bet my 10-pound cannon ball falls faster than your 3-pound pillow.

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by TheSilkySmooth

Back to school, the whole lot of you! You guys probably think a ten pound weight falls faster than a 3 pound weight. Flat-earthers ...

we're not talking about acceleration here dude, just simple math

[TheSilkySmooth]

Maybe there is ONE eductaed individual out there.
Q: Given the Law of conservation of Energy(And the First law of Thermodynamics), when two cars collide head on and stop moving, what happens to the Kinetic Energy?

[supmet]

Originally Posted by TheSilkySmooth

eductaed

I'm gonna pee my pants

[TheSilkySmooth]

Originally Posted by Tamago

we're not talking about acceleration here dude, just simple math

Math? We are solving a physics Equation, you must know the Physical Laws of Nature before you can proceed.

I have no hope for the World anymore; Idiocracy Rules!

[TheSilkySmooth]

Originally Posted by supmet

I'm gonna pee my pants

Hey, that's LATIN

[TheSilkySmooth]

Originally Posted by SailDesign

I'll bet my 10-pound cannon ball falls faster than your 3-pound pillow.

Wont bet you on that one

[mikenacarato]

you know...to this day...i dont think ive seen silkysmooth post one thing that makes sense and is a correct statement

[1NZYaris1]

Originally Posted by Tamago

hahahahaha PWND

silkysmooth, give this a try. run into a wall at 10mph

then run into a buddy who's also running 10mph at you

let us know which one hurts more

I can answer that one , i suffered a serious head injury 2.5yr's ago
from doing just that , except it was a steel beam , and accordding to the doctors , and speacialist's it's worse than a 100mph crash.
three contusion's and neck and shoulder damage , 3 operations
last one 8 weeks ago and another in 5 weeks .
if you are worried about getting hurt stay of the roads
and i am yet to return too work

[Twistoffate0817]

Of course the yaris would get more damaged...

[highwaypass]

brother vs bigger brother

[Yaris Hilton]

Originally Posted by TheSilkySmooth

You are incorrect here, Mr. Hilton. Simple physics, Newton's third law/conservation of momentum. If both vehicles weighed the same (Mass a=b) and they were traveling the same velocity and collided head on - this situation would be equivalent to a single vehicle collision into an immovable barrier (the Dozer in Vanishing Point?).

You know, I think you're right about the two equal mass cars slamming into each other exactly head on being just about like one of them slamming into an immovable fixed barrier at the same speed. I was thinking of one of them slamming into a similar stationary one at double the speed, which would also be equivalent. Sorry!

[TheSilkySmooth]

Originally Posted by PK198105

kinetic energy is transferred...where?to the car thats why it is mangled and not you. go back about 50years and have a head on collision in one of the caddies, the car will have a scratch....you will be tomato paste... simple

The answer is HEAT energy.

[TheSilkySmooth]

Originally Posted by mikenacarato

you know...to this day...i dont think ive seen silkysmooth post one thing that makes sense and is a correct statement

Oh, thats just a North vs. South thing. I DO like bar-B-Que, though.

[TheSilkySmooth]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

You know, I think you're right about the two equal mass cars slamming into each other exactly head on being just about like one of them slamming into an immovable fixed barrier at the same speed. I was thinking of one of them slamming into a similar stationary one at double the speed, which would also be equivalent. Sorry!

Thanks, Mr Hilton :) I Appreciate that, muchly!
Short story, I had a fist fight when I was a kid with my best friend playing poker over what card was higher value, King or Queen. I incorrectly thought Queen and vehemently defended my misguided "fact". I was wrong, and feel bad about that fight to this day. I'm sure I'll be wrong here and there, but I try to be carefull when I'm guessing or supposing, I'll say that, and not pose my opinions as facts. Sorta like at University where you have to footnote your references.

Now for fun, here is a picture of a Ford F150 extended cab into a "soft" offset barrier at 40 MPH, that the Yaris passed with GOOD rating. The Ford did POOR.