Re: Implications of ICE crash

["Ben Staples" <BenKim@bigpond.com>]

Unfortunately, the first flames commence with the error of calculations.

3,300 m/min = 3,300/60 m/s = 55 m/s
5.5 m/s = 5.5*60 m/min = 330 m/min

Yes, simple mistakes, if only we could legislate them out of existence.

Ben Staples

daproc@bigfoot.com wrote in message <6lb9n4$tpf$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>In article <3578DE42.4192401C@ibm.net>,
>  bgreeni@ibm.net wrote:
>
>>Also, at 200km/h, several km would not take many seconds to travel
>over, hence
>> little time for passengers/cew to react.
>
>Ooooh, I don't know - 200km/h = 3.3km/min
>
>3,300m/min = 5.5 m/sec
>
>Bit different from "several km would not take many seconds" (let the flames
>commence!)
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>David "The Doctor" Proctor
>
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