Boating whilst under the influence

[Deleted member 36384]

Newton's third law.... Total force is doubled, but then you have to divide it between the two cars.* ....

No it's not doubled and distributed between the two cars evenly, that is the whole point of the misconception.

The force from one car is caused by its momentum and mass being applied to the other car in the crash, the same happens from the second car, its force is applied to the first car. Thats it. There is no doubling of any forces.

Hence when a single car hits a brick wall, the force is the same as the two car collision, where all velocities at time of impact are equal (and same mass cars).

For cars of different mass (and for illustration the same velocity) the lighter car goes back wards in the collision because there is more force exerted by the car with the bigger mass. There is no sharing of forces, only reactions.

 

[Seajet]

Can you please STOP knocking Seajet. He's a welcome and well-meaning member of our community - ie he's family - not some punch-bag for the self-appointed guardians of loveless sanity and beige boating.

Thanks !

I think...the beige bit especially, not too othered by some peoples' concept of sanity !

 

[Caladh]

This whole drink driving witch hunt really grips my 5hit.

It's just an easy target for plod and the hand wringers to get all righteous about.

Sure, it has caused accidents but so has parents screaming at their kids, people lighting fags, eating, staring at the scenery, being to old and decrepit to drive, trying to find radio ferkin 3 and a hundred other causes.

Aaaaaaaaaaarrrgggghhh.

"Sure it has caused accidents" !!!!!!!!......when your wife,husband,partner family or friend are killed by someone having a liitle too much, then you'll go Aaaaaaaaarrgghhh.

 

[Seajet]

"Sure it has caused accidents" !!!!!!!!......when your wife,husband,partner family or friend are killed by someone having a liitle too much, then you'll go Aaaaaaaaarrgghhh.

Take it from someone with direct experience of losing people in drink and non-drink accidents - because that's what they were, accidents, no matter the effect, takes a while to realise that I admit - it doesn't matter what 'causes' it.

I drove like a prat when I was 18, thinking I was Mad Max; by sheer luck and maybe the reflexes of being fit and young, we all got away with it.

Not before I was drugged - as in dropped into my drink, the stupid thing is I saw him do it and was so naive I thought he was a chum and thought nothing of it, I was too busy with my girlfriend who was the reason for the animosity - and encouraged to race my MG along country lanes in the dark, there was an agenda behind this.

Ended up in an inverted car in the dark with petrol pouring, a reasonable encouragement to find a way out...

I was breathalysed and found fine, but I know now if the police had tried some sort of drug testing gizmo - I have never done drugs of any sort - it might have highlighted the **** who doped me !

He got his dish served cold.

 

[nathanlee]

Not before I was drugged - as in dropped into my drink, the stupid thing is I saw him do it and was so naive I thought he was a chum and thought nothing of it

Lucky git. I had to pay for mine.

 

[Babylon]

He got his dish served cold.

 

[BruceDanforth]