Volume 4, Issue 1

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Crash site evidenCe

A 1968 Mustang GT, driven by Lt. Frank Bullitt, is chasing a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, driven by a man known only as “The Killer,” down Taylor Street on Russian Hill in San Francisco.

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HVE directly answers the following questions using Newton’s laws of motion:

Questions

Answers

Speed on Taylor St.

30 – 37 mph (both vehicles)

Driver Inputs

Mustang: 2-3 lb brake pedal force, 200 deg left steer onto Filbert, then 25-65 %WOT Charger: 3-5 lb brake pedal force, 175 deg left steer onto Filbert, then 70-75 %WOT

Maximum Undercarriage Impact Force

Mustang: Fx= -1730 lb, Fy= -13 lb, Fz= -2120 lb Charger: Fx= -8610 lb, Fy= -120 lb, Fz= -11100 lb

Maximum Suspension Force

Mustang: 4330 lb @ L/F; 3270 lb @ R/R Charger: 4810 lb @ R/F; 3530 lb @ L/R

Hubcaps Lost

Mustang: N/A (American Racing Mags) Charger: Five

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