Ford Focus crash test at 120 mph

[deermagnet]

The end result is astonishing. This is why you should wear your seat belt when cruising at over 100 mph in your VX.

http://www.snotr.com/video/8163

Mark Griffin

[Ebenezr]

Yeah Mark.....I don't think a seat belt would help......

[VXobsession]

damn.....

[WormGod]

Just.... wow man. When the steering wheel goes through you and out of your arse, I just hope you didn't really see it coming. >.<

[Ebenezr]

Now they have an accordian to sell.

[vt_maverick]

Interesting commentary at the bottom of the page... apparently Mythbusters proved that a head-on impact between two cars traveling 60 MPH is NOT the same as one car hitting a static object at 120 MPH.

[vt_maverick]

I wonder how it would have fared if the manufacturer didn't build crumple zones into the car?

[Etfren]

I wonder how it would have fared if the manufacturer didn't build crumple zones into the car?

I was reading something about that in regards to caged race cars (specifically rally cars) being dangerous on the streets because of that. The cage protects the passenger area extremely well, but because the car is so reinforced, it doesn't absorb as much energy in the crash so more of it is transferred to the passengers.

Though at that speed, I'm pretty sure even a car with cage would end up pretty compact.

[Dmitrikr]

120mph to dead stop in a fraction of a second... well not good at math but looks like 30G ? Don't wonna try on myself that's for sure even in a CAGED cars.

[Scott Larson]

The difference being that in a race car, the driver is in a specially designed seat, wearing a full restraint system in a specially designed suit with neck and in many cases arm restraints and is also in peak physical condition in a car designed to withstand the impact on a course designed with barriers to disperse the impact! It wasn't always so, that's why Earnhardt died...and he's just one of many!

[RabidPony]

Thing is, even in a properly built race car with a correctly restrained driver, when the car stops and pulls that 30 G, the driver may be fine externally but his internals will be turned to pudding and well mixed.