Wellington road policing manager Inspector Pete Baird is a fucking halfwit then?

[pete376403]

ROLF!!!

[Usarka]

I was going to let the Inspector loose in a purpose built "Special Needs" bus that will weigh eleventy billion tonnes and move like a glacier... see how many pedestrians he can mow down with that.

Happens at Franz Joseph glacier - stupid tourists who aren't quick enough to get out of the way get splattered all the time.

[jasonu]

I know what I'd rather be hit by, the number 83.

No, the correct answer is 42 and here is the proof.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases...thing_.2842.29

[jasonu]

Save me from these geniuses.

OK...You're a dick.

OK... Go to another forum.

[schrodingers cat]

I think speed has far more influence than weight.

I think you'll find it is to do with load distribution.
Bullet concentrates its energy potential
Bus has massive energy potential but over a larger area.
How about we put a spike on front of said Bus and see how far you can poke holes in moron pedestrian.

And before you disagree - please explain ability of (slow) arrows to go through things that stop (fast) bullets

[Drew]

I think you'll find it is to do with load distribution.
Bullet concentrates its energy potential
Bus has massive energy potential but over a larger area.
How about we put a spike on front of said Bus and see how far you can poke holes in moron pedestrian.

And before you disagree - please explain ability of (slow) arrows to go through things that stop (fast) bullets

Dunno if I'm saying a similar thing, but this is what I thought.

The bus will only do more damage if it sandwiches you between itself and a stationary other object. Otherwise a body just cannot absorb any more energy from it, than it can from teh car.

[schrodingers cat]

Dunno if I'm saying a similar thing, but this is what I thought.

The bus will only do more damage if it sandwiches you between itself and a stationary other object. Otherwise a body just cannot absorb any more energy from it, than it can from teh car.

Thats right. The bus will scarely slow from accelerating the pedestrians mass and when it does slow (brake) the body continues on until they reach the ground. If nothing else is in the way it is likely that there wouldn't be too much harm because the total potential energy in the bus wouldn't be transferred to the moron.

Modern cars are designed to cause the pedestrian to crumple onto the vehicle and distribute the force over a greater area. The soft plastic bumpers are an attempt to reduce the rate of acceleration.

Most bus fronts these days are are fibreglass and have a bit of 'give' Bike and pram racks on the front however - that'd be a different story