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Article #134Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses
From: Curt Sampson
Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 00:00
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In article <4mmddh$sqq@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, Steve Leffler <leffler@physics.ubc.ca> wrote: > Even in this case, there should be less injury to bus passengers. If a >bus hits a brick wall, it's not going to decellerate as quickly as a car >would, because of its greater mass. For brick walls that are part of buildings, I suspect we can consider them solid enough to be essentially immovable objects for the purposes of this comparison. In this case, the mass makes no difference, it's the distance in which the bus or car is forced to slow down that will be the only deciding factor, given impact at a given speed. cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c943,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c943,public X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public X-Google-Thread: 1083bf,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083bf,public From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Subject: Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses Date: 1996/05/07 Message-ID: <4moe5e$b4r@cynic.portal.ca> X-Deja-AN: 153583865 references: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960504203742.2428A-100000@unixg.ubc.ca> <4mlebk$1ih@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> <4mltfm$o8c@cynic.portal.ca> <4mmddh$sqq@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. newsgroups: ubc.general,van.general,bc.general