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The maths says unlikely.

Kinetic energy=0.5mv^2

The two variables are orders of magnitude smaller in one scenario, and the function grows quadratically.



Yes the energy is much larger in a car collision, but the fraction of that energy absorbed by the cars is also much larger.

My face doesn't have a few feet of crumple zones on it, just a couple of millimeters of skin over bone.




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