Tuesday, April 14, 2009

How smart is a Smart Car?


Newton told us something about equal and opposite reactions. The net result of that principle when a Mercedes C300 crashes head on into a Smart Car - at 40 mph (80 mph closing speed) - the Mercedes slows by 27mph and the Smart Car goes into reverses speed at 13mph.

Here's the New York Times article with video courtesy of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

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