Assume the car is travelling at 200kph (55.55556 m/s)
Assume car has a mass of approx. 1200 lbs (545.45kg)
Assume man's initial running speed of 2 m/s
Assume man has a mass of 75 kg
Assume car moves at 52 m/s after impact
Apply the Law of Conservation of Momentum
m1v1 + m2v2 = m1v'1 + m2v'2
Man flies away from car after impact at 27.8 m/s (100 kph = 62.6 mph)
even if these numbers are completely chosen at random, it does seem realistic.
Yeah, it's just like what happens when I get all emo. People are like "Wow, Reuben, since when were you a whiny sensitive poetic bitch?" and I have to sigh melodramatically and tell them "Always." So it's kinda like that..."Holy shit, Matt's a nerd!"
thats pretty cool how he did a backflip and landed on his feet on the other side of the rail. i mean im sure he fell down again but still thats pretty cool.
-neal