Not unless the wall is travelling towards the car at 50 MPH.
A head on collision at 50 MPH is a 100 MPH collision speed (5th gear did a thing on this ages ago).
REAL close one this evening.....
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Not unless the wall is travelling towards the car at 50 MPH.
A head on collision at 50 MPH is a 100 MPH collision speed (5th gear did a thing on this ages ago).
Nasty stuff.
I watched a diesel Hyundai i10 overtake a Mondeo the other day on a 200m S bend in the most dangerous way. This S bend is big enough for my car to overtake a couple of cars quite comfortably if I go straight away. A Hyundai i10 overtaking 1 car is pushing it on this bend, and that's if you go straight away, and not pause for 2-3 seconds like this one did.
The Mondeo was doing about 45mph and, from driving crappy low powered diesels, I know that this is already getting to the speed where they struggle to overtake quick enough, but this Hyundai didn't seem to grasp that. The i10 pulled out, and simply just didn't gain on the Mondeo at all. The Mondeo didn't speed - the i10 driver just looked like she hadn't changed down at all and was trying to overtake in 6th gear!! Most of us would have abandoned the overtake straight away there as the clear road was quickly going, but the i10 just kept on going, overtaking at maybe a 1-2mph overspeed, to the point where the Hyundai was on the other side of the road going round a corner overtaking the Mondeo!
It was one of those moments where if something came around the corner I genuinely believe I was about to witness a fatal head on collision. I know we all make some crappy overtakes occasionally and normally it's when you make a split second decision. This Hyundai driver had a full 10 seconds to say "hmmm, ok, I haven't got enough power, i'm going to abort".
I think the worst bit is that literally 1/2 a mile down the road, the Hyundai driver turned off! I kid you not.
I watched a diesel Hyundai i10 overtake a Mondeo the other day on a 200m S bend in the most dangerous way. This S bend is big enough for my car to overtake a couple of cars quite comfortably if I go straight away. A Hyundai i10 overtaking 1 car is pushing it on this bend, and that's if you go straight away, and not pause for 2-3 seconds like this one did.
The Mondeo was doing about 45mph and, from driving crappy low powered diesels, I know that this is already getting to the speed where they struggle to overtake quick enough, but this Hyundai didn't seem to grasp that. The i10 pulled out, and simply just didn't gain on the Mondeo at all. The Mondeo didn't speed - the i10 driver just looked like she hadn't changed down at all and was trying to overtake in 6th gear!! Most of us would have abandoned the overtake straight away there as the clear road was quickly going, but the i10 just kept on going, overtaking at maybe a 1-2mph overspeed, to the point where the Hyundai was on the other side of the road going round a corner overtaking the Mondeo!
It was one of those moments where if something came around the corner I genuinely believe I was about to witness a fatal head on collision. I know we all make some crappy overtakes occasionally and normally it's when you make a split second decision. This Hyundai driver had a full 10 seconds to say "hmmm, ok, I haven't got enough power, i'm going to abort".
I think the worst bit is that literally 1/2 a mile down the road, the Hyundai driver turned off! I kid you not.
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Yes but the energy is spread between the 2 vehicles, no?
Again, I realise this is a different situation to Housey.
Unfortunately we've probably all got a whole bag of stories to tell like this!
Only last weekend was I heading up the A339 into Basingstoke when a couple of young ladies in a polo went to overtake a slow car up front, she saw another car coming the other way and hesitated between gunning it and pulling back in 3 times! In the end she just froze and stay in the middle of the lane, I think there must've been an inch gap between each car, obviously 3 does go into 2...just.
Only last weekend was I heading up the A339 into Basingstoke when a couple of young ladies in a polo went to overtake a slow car up front, she saw another car coming the other way and hesitated between gunning it and pulling back in 3 times! In the end she just froze and stay in the middle of the lane, I think there must've been an inch gap between each car, obviously 3 does go into 2...just.
Oh God, here we go again. Housey, glad you're OK.
Everyone else, if you think two cars traveling at 75mph hit each other have a combined speed of 150mph (and therefore, it would be like hitting a wall at 150mph), please leave the thread. ** No thanks **
Everyone else, if you think two cars traveling at 75mph hit each other have a combined speed of 150mph (and therefore, it would be like hitting a wall at 150mph), please leave the thread. ** No thanks **
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Yeah, the collision speed of 100 MPH gets split between the vehicles, it's the same as if they both drove into separate walls at 50 MPH.
Was it PMKeates?
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