Inertia can be a problem in vanagon land, but I think you are talking about momentum. Alistair
> On Dec 18, 2014, at 8:03 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > With the inverter/crock pot cooking under way conversation going elsewhere > here, it's probably a good time to bring up the Subject. > Anything you have, unsecured, in your van as you're going somewhere, it > will become a potentially lethal projectile in the event of crash. The > whole van and all it's contents are full of kinetic energy at speed...stop > the van against something and all the loose contents will keep going until > THEY get stopped, too. If that crock pot, that set of golf clubs, that > portopotty, that table saw hits YOU or anyone else during a crash, it is > likely to damage or kill. > One of the cardinal rules in auto racing and for club tracktime events > is absolutely no loose objects inside any car when on track. > Yes, it's really not something we often consider as we VANAGON around, > but inertia exists. Something to be aware of. |
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