YSK: A crash at 30mph is not twice as bad as 15mph, it's 4x as bad. Similarly, a crash at 60mph is 16x as bad. This is because kinetic energy is proportional to squared-velocity.
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YSK: A crash at 30mph is not twice as bad as 15mph, it's 4x as bad. Similarly, a crash at 60mph is 16x as bad. This is because kinetic energy is proportional to squared-velocity.