SMART CAR crash vid

[Razorguns]

A limo is no guarantee of surviving a crash, look at Diana and Dodie.

There reaches a point where it doesn't matter what you're riding in, or how well it's constructed, or how heavy it is, if it hits an unmovable object with sufficient force you will die from internal injuries and you don't need to be bounced around the vehicle to do it, your organs and brain get sloshed around and sustain damage or even rupture. This is just pure physics.

Subject the human body to sufficient forces and you'll literally blow the intact skeleton completely out of the skin.

if only some smart asian or european scientist could invent some way to go from 70 to 0 and be able to asborb all the forces externally. Probably 30-50 years away i'd think.

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[musclemom]

if only some smart asian or european scientist could invent some way to go from 70 to 0 and be able to asborb all the forces externally. Probably 30-50 years away i'd think.

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Developing the technology is one thing, getting manufacturers to justify the cost, or making the cost within the reach of enough people to make it feasible to put it into production, that's a whole other ball of wax. Look how fucking long it took airbags to get to America.

There is a TON of shit, literally, that can be 100s if not 1000s of times safer, but it ain't happening because $$$ is more powerful than any moral duty. Commercial airlines are a good example. There are several pieces of safety technology that's not being used because it's not a requirement and airlines won't install the stuff because consumers won't pay the price.

Car crashes can be more survivable than they are now, but most cars would be totaled on any impact (they're virtually that way now) and would be more than three times as expensive as they are.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

A limo is no guarantee of surviving a crash, look at Diana and Dodie.

There reaches a point where it doesn't matter what you're riding in, or how well it's constructed, or how heavy it is, if it hits an unmovable object with sufficient force you will die from internal injuries and you don't need to be bounced around the vehicle to do it, your organs and brain get sloshed around and sustain damage or even rupture. This is just pure physics.

Subject the human body to sufficient forces and you'll literally blow the intact skeleton completely out of the skin.

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[Razorguns]

This shows promise. But i'm sure it'll take 20 years to see it on roads.

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I still think the answer is a powerful spring that absorbs the energy, contracts and then expands out to launch the car backwards thereby releasing energy. Ain't perfect but better than crumble zones which only absorb and not release.

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[musclemom]

This shows promise. But i'm sure it'll take 20 years to see it on roads.

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I still think the answer is a powerful spring that absorbs the energy, contracts and then expands out to launch the car backwards thereby releasing energy. Ain't perfect but better than crumble zones which only absorb and not release.

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The spring is a nice idea but in sending the vehicle backwards you are again subjecting the occupants to extreme forces. The human body was not designed to deal with G forces and rapid acceleration/deceleration. That big brain sitting inside a heavy chunk of bone on top of a relatively spindly neck is just a frigging liability, if you think about. Too much potential for shearing injury or severe spinal trauma. Internal decapitations and shit like that.

IMO, the best solution is cars that drive themselves (a la every futuristic movie there is) are the most feasible answer. The best way to survive an accident is to avoid the damned thing.

 

[musclemom]

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I'm sure one of the versions of Faces of Death has shown it at least once

Then again, maybe not. They have to get their hands on the video and I think the FAA is pretty tight with that shit.

 

[Razorguns]

The spring is a nice idea but in sending the vehicle backwards you are again subjecting the occupants to extreme forces. The human body was not designed to deal with G forces and rapid acceleration/deceleration. That big brain sitting inside a heavy chunk of bone on top of a relatively spindly neck is just a frigging liability, if you think about. Too much potential for shearing injury or severe spinal trauma. Internal decapitations and shit like that.

IMO, the best solution is cars that drive themselves (a la every futuristic movie there is) are the most feasible answer. The best way to survive an accident is to avoid the damned thing.

the point of it going backwards is to release the energy to a position where it doesn't meet an unmovable object. Kinda like if you wrap an egg around a long spring contraption and launch it at the wall. The damage to the egg will be less.

If energy isn't released, it will transfer to the occupants. AI cars will never occur. AI just isn't possible. We know <1% of the human brain as is. Besides in 40 years, most of us will be flying to work.

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[hanselthecaretaker]

Skynet is the answer people.

 

[musclemom]

the point of it going backwards is to release the energy to a position where it doesn't meet an unmovable object.

But there's no way of avoiding smashing into the a car/house/pedestrian/bicyclist behind it Let's face it, most accidents happen on busy roadways during rush hour, not a desolate road in the middle of the night.

As for AI, no, I was actually thinking along the lines of a giant computer controlled highway. The cars responding to the highway, which monitors the distance/speed all vehicles are traveling and especially controls the merge onto the freeway. The idea is most feasible for high volume arterials, it would be more practical than having unpredictable, idiot humans controlling shit.

 

[Razorguns]

But there's no way of avoiding smashing into the a car/house/pedestrian/bicyclist behind it Let's face it, most accidents happen on busy roadways during rush hour, not a desolate road in the middle of the night.

As for AI, no, I was actually thinking along the lines of a giant computer controlled highway. The cars responding to the highway, which monitors the distance/speed all vehicles are traveling and especially controls the merge onto the freeway. The idea is most feasible for high volume arterials, it would be more practical than having unpredictable, idiot humans controlling shit.

Too expensive. A few thousand dying here and there is okay rather than costing money. Look at oil vs 9/11. A few 9/11's is okay as long as we don't piss the saudis off.

Traffic fatalities can be set to zero simply by setting speed limits to 5mph.

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