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Originally Posted by Chimi
Estimate the “building car’s” speed by doing the following:
1) Count the number of vehicles that the building car passes before being hit by the vehicle exiting Funspot.
2) Determine the time in seconds that it takes for the building car to pass X quantity of vehicles before it gets hit.
3) Look up the average length of a vehicle in the USA.
4) Add a small buffer between the number of vehicles counted (maybe 1-2 feet?)
5) Determine the distance that the building vehicle traveled before getting hit, then divide by the total time it took (in seconds) to travel that distance.
6) You will now know how many feet per second the building vehicle was traveling.
7) Use this website to convert FPS to MPH: https://www.unitconverters.net/speed...ond-to-mph.htm
You will now have a decent estimate on how fast the building car was traveling. I did the calculations, so let’s see what others come up with. |
It's better than nothing: Investigators have to consider texting, or use of drugs that can make one drive only 30-MPH in a 40-MPH.
For clarity, the "building car" struck the "Funspot car" on the right front wheel. (And it's the gold badges who decide how this affects tourism--but different gold badges who worked the scene of the seven motorcyclists killed in Randolph).
As for airbags' safety, many occupants have been permanently blinded or killed by their own airbags. Not just from the gases, but from metal projectiles!
https://fortune.com/2023/05/18/car-a...-recall-nhtsa/
"Building car" will likely get a "pass", and "Funspot car" will be charged with "Failure to Yield", and our insurance rates can make things right again.
However, we should be better drivers than to hide behind "blind-sided" when this crash was avoidable in one's everyday driving alongside a long row of cars ("Building car" is "leading the pack" going uphill in heavy rain, when braking is more effective).
Would this scenario be different had it been a stroller entering the disputed lane?