[Marathon Man]

I'll join the conversation. So, both are true. In the example, the front of the golf cart experiences a 40mph colision. However, your body is traveling 20mph. The deceleration force would be 20 - 0, not 40 - 0.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by DAVES

I suggest you look it up. Two cars, carts each going 20 mph on a head on is the same as a car hitting a wall going 40mph. For a pending impact, you chance of survival is far improved if you can hit something that will move like a bush of a glancing blow.

Originally Posted by Marathon Man

I'll join the conversation. So, both are true. In the example, the front of the golf cart experiences a 40mph colision. However, your body is traveling 20mph. The deceleration force would be 20 - 0, not 40 - 0.

If you click on the links in Post #41, take the time to watch the video and read the article...it will explain the actual facts.



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[biker1]

Sorry, you are wrong. The deceleration experienced with two identical carts hitting each other head-on at 20 mph is the same as a single cart hitting a wall at 20 mph. The carts will decelerate to 0 mph in either case. In other words, in the case of two carts heading each other head-on, neither cart will move forward of the spot of the collision, just like if a cart hit a wall.

Originally Posted by DAVES

I suggest you look it up. Two cars, carts each going 20 mph on a head on is the same as a car hitting a wall going 40mph. For a pending impact, you chance of survival is far improved if you can hit something that will move like a bush of a glancing blow.

[Velvet]

I like the reasonings here, I’m learning.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Agree, the deceleration of each golf cart going at 20 mph in a head on is only 20 mph. Anyways, not advisable to try it out.
I wonder how safe are golf carts compared to scooters, anyone use both?

Less unsafe (I wouldn't say safer, because that assumes either of them are "safe" in the first place).

I was in a moped accident in the 1980's. Best friend driving, me on the back. Neither of us with a helmet. Wrong way on a 1-way street into a major intersection without stopping. Hit the front passenger door of a car that was travelling on the main road.

Best friend: broken neck, extensive internal injuries. End result: died a few days later.

Me: broken clavicle (collar bone), radius and ulna (forearm), femur (thigh bone), three ribs, contusions along the left side of my body, spine trauma, split lip, loosened front teeth. End result: surgery to repair arm and leg, then surgery a year later to remove the steel rod and plates. Veneers that had to be replaced with a 6-tooth bridge, osteoporosis in my hip, osteopenia in my spine, and a crooked collarbone.

I'm guessing the injuries wouldn't have been nearly as extensive, if we hadn't flipped over the moped and instead were just knocked out of the golf cart.

[Velvet]

Ouch! That sounds like really something.

[Tom53]

Not to dispute either side, but if the impact force of 2 objects colliding is the same as the speed of each object, not the total of each, how does bat speed impact a hit baseball? Is there a different physical theory involved?

Not teasing, just not sure!

[biker1]

Besides differences in the masses and velocities of the bat and baseball, a hit baseball is an example of an elastic collision (mostly) while two golf carts colliding (in the example being discussed they have the same mass and velocity) is an example of an inelastic collision (mostly). There are plenty of websites that will discuss this topic.

Originally Posted by Tom53

Not to dispute either side, but if the impact force of 2 objects colliding is the same as the speed of each object, not the total of each, how does bat speed impact a hit baseball? Is there a different physical theory involved?

Not teasing, just not sure!

[Rzepecki]

Your info is out of date; the debate about seat belts in golf carts was settled a while ago - pro seat belts. This is because they keep you from being thrown out of your cart to the concrete where you hit your head and likely die.

[Chatbrat]

Also, brain shear as a result of poor connective tissue as we age could make you wish you would have died in an accident , my wife's nephew is now 32 with no short term memory, his real life & future ended when he was 18

[Vickshaw1]

My heart and prayers are with that family. That said our cart not only has seat belts but we also installed a regular vehicular car seat for our three year old grandson. It really bothers me to see young children being “held” . In an accident a golf cart can be more dangerous than any car. Our grandson completely accepted the idea since that is how he must travel in a car.
That said, the family has my love and prayers. An accident; pure and simple. Nobody intended for that to happen.

[JimJohnson]

How about seat belts on bicycles? Ggggggggeeeeeeeezzzzzzzz. Calm down!

[ghazen0001]

The cart did have seat belts and the one little girl was in a child seat and was not injured at all. The other was hurt and broke the windshield out when the cart hit the end of the tunnel , the father was ejected when the cart hit the curb just before the tunnel and was unconscious face down in the middle of the golf cart trail. my wife and I were the second ones on the scene. My wife went to the children and I went the father who had some serious head injuries. the seat belt on the left side was buckled behind the father and his daughter as there were only two seat belts and three people in the seat, so when the cart hit the curb the father was ejected and the cart continued about 30 to 40 feet and hit the end of the tunnel with the two right wheels up on the dirt straddling the curb on the south bound side of the cart trail. One child was injured the one in the belted child seat was not . Both the father and his beautiful little girl were transported to the hospital. Oh in case you are wondering I am a retired Major accident investigator

[OldManTime]

This is the week when you see children driving Carts, more than any season

[bobcat75]

:coolsmiley

Originally Posted by ghazen0001

The cart did have seat belts and the one little girl was in a child seat and was not injured at all. The other was hurt and broke the windshield out when the cart hit the end of the tunnel , the father was ejected when the cart hit the curb just before the tunnel and was unconscious face down in the middle of the golf cart trail. my wife and I were the second ones on the scene. My wife went to the children and I went the father who had some serious head injuries. the seat belt on the left side was buckled behind the father and his daughter as there were only two seat belts and three people in the seat, so when the cart hit the curb the father was ejected and the cart continued about 30 to 40 feet and hit the end of the tunnel with the two right wheels up on the dirt straddling the curb on the south bound side of the cart trail. One child was injured the one in the belted child seat was not . Both the father and his beautiful little girl were transported to the hospital. Oh in case you are wondering I am a retired Major accident investigator