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      04-06-2015, 08:38 AM   #60
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To "plow" another vehicle out of the way has more to do with vehicle mass than it does with structure strength...
Speed has something to do with it too.
P=mv

(momentum is the product of mass and velocity)
Actually, it is 0.5(m x v x v)

The velocity is a LOT more important than mass.

Double the velocity, and the kinetic energy goes up 400%.
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