>> Was this test trying to show the impact of two cars travelling at 60 mph
>> and therefore having a combined speed of 120 mph?
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>> I seem to recall a Myth Busters TV programme where they tried this and the
>> suggested impact was not twice as bad .............
Twice as bad as what? Two cars both travelling at 60mph and having a head-on collision isn't as bad as one car travelling at 120mph colliding with a fixed concrete block, because both cars crumple and absorb energy but the concrete block doesn't.
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