@St_Rev @sarahdoingthing I think ppl are pretty good at life-preserving flight behaviours. Also, assuming a car is on a straight path...
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Replying to @simplic10
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing ...for you, its bumper is maybe 2 m wide? So you need to move 1 m to get out of way. Running speed ~5 m/s so 1/5s.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing yeah but have you seen movies? people love to run directly away from speeding things instead of juking.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing As on Earth, so in Hollywood? Perhaps, perhaps not.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @simplic10
@drethelin@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Even running away is not totally stupid since reduces relative speed. 70 km/h = 20 m/s - 5 m/s = 15 m/s1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @simplic10
@drethelin@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Since damage proportional to sqr of velocity, reduction by 25% = energy of collision reduction of 43%.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10@drethelin@sarahdoingthing 30 mph is enough for a likely fatality.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@drethelin@sarahdoingthing Heh, there are about a thousand countervailing factors involved here. Just: multiple ped accidents...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @simplic10
@St_Rev@drethelin@sarahdoingthing ...should be more frequent if this is easy. No stats, but they SEEM rare-ish from googling.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10@drethelin@sarahdoingthing Media coverage v. biased. Car crashes just fact of life, no big deal unless it's a blonde girl or CEO2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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