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04-16-2009, 11:36 AM
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#26 | | I told him no, what y'all do?
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Originally Posted by Michelin_Man  sometimes i wonder if the ipod i have on my dash will fly and take someone's eye out in an accident. hmm | imagine of it was some guy that keeps his front license plate on his dash instead of fastening it to the front of his car. could get messy.
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04-16-2009, 11:40 AM
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#27 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by GLOW imagine of it was some guy that keeps his front license plate on his dash instead of fastening it to the front of his car. could get messy. | lol... "BC man decapitated by loose license plate; Why car enthusiasts should protect themselves against this deadly mistake."
may she rest in peace though, pretty crappy way to die, survive a car crash but get smacked by a laptop
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04-16-2009, 12:56 PM
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#28 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by GLOW imagine of it was some guy that keeps his front license plate on his dash instead of fastening it to the front of his car. could get messy. | No. The main danger is stuff at the back flying forward because of instant mass deceleration caused by a crash.
It's much less likely you'll have stuff from the front flying backwards, at least not with much velocity. I can only see this happening if you got rear ended really, really hard...
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04-16-2009, 06:44 PM
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#29 | | I STILL don't get it
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thaaat's sad
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04-16-2009, 10:56 PM
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#30 | | RS Veteran
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Killed by flying a laptop is like 1:1,000,000?
Anyhow, RIP...
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04-17-2009, 01:52 AM
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#31 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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ROFL
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04-17-2009, 02:05 AM
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#32 | | Banned By Establishment
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And on the next episode of 1000 ways to die...
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04-17-2009, 02:58 PM
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#33 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Original Air Date: August 3, 2005
Myth #1: Killer Tissue Box
Myth: A cardboard tissue box can become a lethal projectile in a car accident.
In US, 2001, approximately 13,000 people were injured by unrestrained objects in the back of their vehicles. Additionally, the Mythbuster'í researches found two cases in Australia where drivers were impaled through their seats by golf umbrellas and another case in the US where a woman was killed by the groceries in her back seat.
Memorable Moments/Quotes:
Jaime: "the only bad thing that can happen is all those [aluminum I-beams] rip and I don't see that happening."
Jaime (after cable rips I-beam): "I didn't do the engineering and I didn't do the math because I thought I understood what was going on and I thought I made a good rig. But I was wrong. I should have done it."
Adam: "This is your head. This is your head with an axe in it. Are we clear?"
Jamie: "Well, you know that's a good indication that this is really deadly though. It's the one thing in the car tough enough to survive an impact."
Test #1:
Setup: A repeatable test using different objects. Jamie and Adam build a crash test rig that can be towed and stop with the force needed for the test. The boys create a "crash sled" out of aluminum using I-beams and a 4/8 sheet of aluminum diamond plate. The deadliness of the objects will be gauged by ballistic gel "slabs" created by Adam.
They use three 4,000lb concrete barriers as an anchor for the crash test sled. The sled is attached to the barriers with 1,000 feet of cable. The rig has been outfitted with a meter in order to determine the velocity of the items and calculate the amount of force imparted to the ballistics gel. The first rig could not withstand the force of the hard stop which resulted in a rip in the I-beam. The construction of the rig had to be revisited.
Jamie reinforces the rig by using heavy nylon strapping (with a combined breaking force of 40,000lbs) to distribute the load. They also agreed to lower the towing speed down to 45 mph. The modifications are successful.
Test #1
Run #1: Einstein bobble head: Did not work as the bobble head got logged into the screw cage
Run #2: Subwoofer: Strikes the ballistics gel at 45mph.
Run #3: Hatchet: At 45mph the axe impaled itself through the ballistic gel and the box holding it.
Run #4: Fire Extinguisher: A 1kg fire extinguisher did not cut the gel deeply. But caused a dent in the extinguisher
Run #5: bowling ball: The bowling ball completely destroyed the front of the rig.
Run #6: Tissue box at 70mph: 323g it doesn't have enough mass to do much damage.
Result: BUSTED. However anything that weighs more than a couple pounds should be restrained in the back of the car as injury could result.
Test #2:
Setup: Using a full sized car (the Fury), they will tow the vehicle into a barrier. Grant builds a steering rig that will enable the car to be towed without steering. A box of tissue is placed on the shelf in the back seat. The pickup tows the fury which hits the barrier at more than 60mph.
Result: The box survived intact. The accelerometer in Buster's head measures 118.8 G's. An astronaut pulls only 8 G's during liftoff.
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04-18-2009, 07:32 AM
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#34 | | Banned (ABWS)
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i got into a car accident and a flying laptop ended my life. fmylife
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04-18-2009, 12:00 PM
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#35 | | Glorious Gaming PC Master Race
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laptop musta been on the rear window deck. kinda hard to make it fly up outta the seat. but anythings possible in a crash
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04-18-2009, 01:37 PM
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#36 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by Turbo E laptop musta been on the rear window deck. kinda hard to make it fly up outta the seat. but anythings possible in a crash | yeah that's what i was thinking?
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