Car Crash Forces And Car Safety

Car crash forces and car safety are important things to understand when driving. Using Newton's laws of motion, how does a car crash happen scientifically? Besides looking at safety features your car has, to prevent you from getting in a crash such as car cameras, horns, and GPS, what other forces in the car prevent you from getting injured? After participating in many labs dealing with how the force works and reading an article called, “Car Safety” I found some answers to those questions. Forces cars have when and when not in a crash are very different.A car driving has around four forces. The forces include the weight of the car pushing on the road, the driving force by engine and gas, air resistance the car faces head on, and the road pushing up on the car's tires. The order of each force in order from greatest to least is driving force, air resistance, the weight of the car on the road, then the road pushing back on the tires.

On the other hand, when a car crashes into something there is another force added to the list. Newton's’ first law states an object, being the car, stays in motion with the same speed and direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, being what the car crashes into or the driver changing the speed or direction of the car. Depending on what a car crashes into

As I read, “The crumple zone extends the collision time, reducing the deceleration and the size of forces involved,” Not only does your car have a crumple zone but it has other features to keep you and anyone else in the car safe. One safety feature being seat belts, seat belts keep you from moving with your car's inertia when involved in a crash. Most importantly it can keep you from flying into the air or out the window. Brakes, however, are very important and could be used to make a sudden stop to prevent your car from crashing by simply slamming on your car break,