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[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

the reason why mass matters is because if you have more mass, let's say twice the mass of a sedan for example, you transfer significantly more energy into the smaller vehicle, and the smaller vehicle transfers significantly less energy into the large vehicle.

go find a video of a freight training crashing into a car or something at a crossing. There's a reason freight trains don't have crumple zones.

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