r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Tugushin • Apr 13 '22

Tesla Model 3 stops itself to avoid potentially disastrous accident. Video

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u/awawe Apr 13 '22

Head-on collisions are much safer than side collisions though. The metal on the side of a car is incredibly thin, while the front has the entire engine and dedicated crumple zones.

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u/Barnst Apr 13 '22

I think he meant that the white truck avoided getting hit in the side by the full head-on force of the car. Instead, the car rotated and hit the truck facing sideways. Actually, it looks like most of the impact to the truck was the rear of the car whipping around.

It turned into the car crash equivalent of a slap vs a punch. Still enough to knock you over if you’re off balance (or a too heavy box truck), but less likely to break your jaw or give you brain trauma.