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Lithuim t1_j257gr3 wrote

You’re moving one way

The other car is moving another.

Your vehicles collide and transfer momentum, so now your vehicle is moving in some third direction.

You, however, continue moving in the original direction until something stops you.

If you’re smart, this is a seatbelt.

If you’re less smart, the now-deformed doors unlatch or the windshield pops out and you continue moving down the pavement.

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ScienceIsSexy420 t1_j258wsi wrote

So to see a demonstration of this, put an orange in your open palm next time you are in a car and slam on the brakes. See how the orange seemed to speed forward, splatter on the dashboard, and make a massive mess? Same thing happened to those people in the minivan. WEAR YOUR DAMN SEATBELT

Edit: spelling

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maveric_gamer t1_j25u22n wrote

> slam on the breaks

brakes. Breaks are cracks and splits and fissures, brakes are ablative devices that slow down wheels.

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ScienceIsSexy420 t1_j25ve0m wrote

.... Yeah, good point. Oops 😔

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maveric_gamer t1_j25x2mv wrote

It happens, I'm certainly not innocent of a homophone mixup in the billions of posts across the internet. And sorry, it is compulsive, and not really necessary - clearly the meaning made it through, which is the main point.

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ScienceIsSexy420 t1_j25xs9y wrote

No worries at all, I'm always glad to have a stupid error pointed out and corrected. Thanks!

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