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ORIGINAL: JWE

ORIGINAL: Terminus
Enough with this political stuff, methinks...

How right you are! Lets do something innocuous, like religion.

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Good evening. My KC Chiefs won in Oakland today. That Carson Palmer trade for the Raiders worked out great for the Chiefs, to the tune of 6 picks total for all Oakland quarterbacks and a shutout.

ORIGINAL: JWE

Mr Harley. Sportster XL 883 with Vance & Hines pipes, Stage 1, beefed up front & back suspension, utter blue.

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Good evening. My KC Chiefs won in Oakland today. That Carson Palmer trade for the Raiders worked out great for the Chiefs, to the tune of 6 picks total for all Oakland quarterbacks and a shutout.

6 picks! Wow! My boys of cow, men of moo were victorious today. Yay! Against an 0-6 team. [8|] Hey, any 'W' matters.

World's fastest ever crash test: Family car vapourised as it smashes into wall at 120mph (a speed most runabouts can hit)

By Daily Mail UK


This is the terrifying moment a Ford Focus smashes into a solid concrete wall at 120mph in the world's fastest ever crash test.

Industry experts EuroNCAP normally crash vehicles at speeds of 40mph when giving production cars a safety rating.

But Five's motoring show Fifth Gear wanted to see what would happen in a head-on collision at three times this speed - a figure most family cars are capable of.


Too late to pull out now: Travelling at 120mph, the Ford Focus is just inches away from impact:




The complex operation saw engineers setting up a winch which catapulted the Ford towards the wall using 16-times the pulling power of a Bugatti Veyron.

As the contraption was activated, the Ford Focus hurtled towards its final destination with Fifth Gear presenter Jonny Smith looking on edge.

It then smashed into the concrete wall and was obliterated on impact - to the horror of the visibly shocked host.

Within just 60 milliseconds, the car went from 120mph to 0mph, with the mannequins subjected to forces of up to 400g.


Hitting the wall: In the blink of an eye, the front half of the hatchback is completely crushed:




Going, going...: The driver compartment is next to buckle under the pressure. Thankfully only a cheap crash test dummy was behind the wheel:




Because of the expected destruction, organisers refused to use expensive crash test dummies and instead opted for cheaper mannequins for the experiment.

Had anyone actually been inside the vehicle at the moment of impact, it would have resulted in a certain fatality.

Fifth Gear described the test as 'shocking and sobering' with Smith adding it was 'mighty haunting'.


Gone: The car seems to have almost completely disintegrated as the back end hurtles towards the wall:



Ellie Pearson from road safety charity Brake praised the programme for carrying out the test, which demonstrated the potential risk of high-speed driving.

She said: 'Modern cars are capable of reaching immense speeds and it is important that people realise how dangerous high speed driving is.

'This footage demonstrates the utter destruction of a high speed impact and hopefully anyone who sees it will think twice about their speed the next time they drive.'


Scrap metal: the car is unrecognisable after its high-speed collision:




YouTube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dI5ewOmHPQ

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

That's the same as two cars hitting head on at 60 mph each, not unknown. Geez.

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Not QUITE the same. A concrete wall has no crumple zone, after all.

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Scrap metal: the car is unrecognisable after its high-speed collision:

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Good evening. My KC Chiefs won in Oakland today. That Carson Palmer trade for the Raiders worked out great for the Chiefs, to the tune of 6 picks total for all Oakland quarterbacks and a shutout.

6 picks! Wow! My boys of cow, men of moo were victorious today. Yay! Against an 0-6 team. [8|] Hey, any 'W' matters.

My Browns offense managed to fumble their way to a victory due to their defense effective basically shutting down Seattle's offense in a staggering 6-3 victory. As you say, Chickenboy, any 'W' matters. [:D]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

That's the same as two cars hitting head on at 60 mph each, not unknown. Geez.

On a lighter note, does anyone have the tonnage for the 5 types of TKs the Japanese start with? [:D]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Not QUITE the same. A concrete wall has no crumple zone, after all.

I think it is essentially the same... at such speeds (around 100 km/h) it is almost irrelevant if you hit another car, concrete wall or some animal (even as small as rabbit)...


Leo "Apollo11"