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Scaled Example A friend suggested I conduct the following experiment as an apt "scaled analogy": Buy two 1.65-lb. tomatoes that are as similar in firmness as possible. Then (somehow) borrow a small car that weighs 2,000-lbs. Drive the 2000-lb. car at 10mph into the first 1.65-lb. tomato...

JohnDubya & Gza That's very telling that you both questioned the speed of the bus vis-a-vis the woman being launched up and into its windshield upon impact. In fact, the exact mph of the bus is unknown. The 10 mph speed is what was reported by the bus driver himself and may be an...

Hi, Here's a true scenario: A 50 year-old female of average height and weighing 160-lbs. steps off a curb and is hit square-on by a 20,000-lb. bus going a steady 10-mph. The bus impacts the woman at 10-mph, then stops. The woman is first knocked up into the windshield of the bus, then...