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[Huw Powell]

Brett Dikeman wrote:
> 
> On Sep 30, 2008, at 1:12 AM, Huw Powell wrote:
> 
>> Again, I'd prefer to "dodge" the accident.  I'll take a ditch over a
>> tree and tree over another moving vehicle anytime.
> 
> Trees are among the most dangerous objects you can hit- they're 
> extremely immovable and unyielding...and usually have a fraction of the 
> surface area compared to a vehicle coming at you.  They're like an 
> offset crash, only much worse; readily capable of cleaving a car in half.
> 
> I suppose the tree is the more selfless choice, but in very general 
> terms of personal survival concerning only the immediate collision, 
> you're better hitting that other car head-on as squarely as possible.  
> You want the most surface area to spread the energy of the crash 
> against, and the softest object possible to hit.

Noted, but that approaching car also contributes one hell of a lot of 
energy to the collsion.  (I'm picking a *small* tree, of course. 
Ideally, a bunch of brush, not a 100 year old oak.)

-- 
Huw Powell

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