Not survivable. Keep in mind, if you're doing 60 on a 55mph road and cross over that double yellow and hit someone also doing 60, the gif above is exactly the same thing.
Not true. The head on collision impact sustained by the occupants of either vehicle is equal to impacting a stationary object at the AVERAGE of the speeds of the two involved vehicles. ex. You fall asleep at 30mph and drift into the lane of a car with a similar mass (f-150 vs Escalade or Cruze vs Fiesta) to yours traveling 60mph the force of the collision would be similar to hitting a wall at 45mph. The forces change based on comparative mass of the involved vehicles. A Cruze head on with an Escalade would have disastrous results for the occupants of the Cruze.
Additionally, there is a slim chance that one or more occupants inthat vehicle could survive. A car built in 1920, 1950, or even 1980 would itself be more intact after that collision. The steel was thicker and reinforced to prevent crumpling. Indy and Formula 1 racing cars disintegrate on impact, much of the energy of the collision is spent destroying the shell around the driver. Since the 90s automotive engineers have incorporated more and more race car features into mass produced vehicles to make them safer (as well as more powerful and fuel efficient, but that us a discussion for another time). Modern cars have a NASCAR inspired cage integrated into the body to protect the occupants. The engines, steering systems, and suspensions will shear off or break away to lessen final force on the driver. (Even spare tire placement is crucial to accident survivability). The bumpers and bodies on modern cars are designed to progressively collapse like a compression spring (that doesn't return)
Inside the cage we now have an array of airbags that rapidly deploy once the body is crushed to a certain point (2 sensors must be tripped) that gently deflate when your body impacts them. We still have that friend that will tell you, "That car was a piece of crap, I hit the highway divider at only 40 and it was absolutely smashed, the insurance company totaled it. I will never buy one of those things again." 60 years ago that collision would have been more likely to prove fatal or permanently disfiguring. The fact that your friend is still around to complain what a piece of crap the car was is a testament to the quality engineering that went into that car.
Well I have been respectfully and rather professionally enlightened. Thank you, sir. :) Now that you say all of that (particularly the piece about a compression spring in one direction), it makes sense. I watched a crash test video of a 50's Impala and you could tell that the occupants most likely would've been killed. Yet the video also featured a parallel test, but with a modern (2010's) Impala. The airbags and crumple zones absorbed the impact and the "shell" of the newer Impala was certainly intact and recognizable. I believe each car was tested at 45-ish, I don't recall exactly.
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MathSubstance.
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Omfg.pls drive safely
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I thought the orange surface was a portal.
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