Could i break a T-REX's legs with my car??

scudzilla · 05-02-2017 07:38PM #1

Driving back from visiting family today and for the nearly 1 hr drive my wife and i had a bit of a heated discussion.

She asked what i'd do if there was a T-Rex right in front of me, i told her i'd ram it and probably break 1, if not both, of its legs, she said this was impossible.

Now i know i'd mangle my car to bits but i'm pretty sure that i'd break a leg or 2 driving at 70mph.

So AH, would i break a leg or 2?

Here's the important info that she said must be included

1. I'm driving at 70mph in a Ford Focus
2. This T-Rex is healthy and in it's prime, in her words it's not a geriatric T-rex with a walking stick nor is it a juvenile

She also said that she would abide with any decision you come to

NIMAN · 05-02-2017 07:41PM

Can someone please answer this, or I'll not get any sleep tonight.

Poor Uncle Tom · 05-02-2017 07:42PM

powdered lunch I see....

Wang Kerr · 05-02-2017 07:42PM

Same as hitting any very large mammal today, you'd end up killing both yourself and the T-Rex

Cee-Jay-Cee · 05-02-2017 07:43PM

You do know that T-Rex and all other dinosaurs are extinct? And when they roamed the earth cars hadn't been invented?

Dtp1979 · 05-02-2017 07:43PM

It would be the same as a child driving their battery operated remote control car into my foot. So no, it'd probably only piss the T. rex off

sjb25 · 05-02-2017 07:45PM

scudzilla wrote: »

Driving back from visiting family today and for the nearly 1 hr drive my wife and i had a bit of a heated discussion.

She asked what i'd do if there was a T-Rex right in front of me, i told her i'd ram it and probably break 1, if not both, of its legs, she said this was impossible.

Now i know i'd mangle my car to bits but i'm pretty sure that i'd break a leg or 2 driving at 70mph.

So AH, would i break a leg or 2?

Here's the important info that she said must be included

1. I'm driving at 70mph in a Ford Focus
2. This T-Rex is healthy and in it's prime, in her words it's not a geriatric T-rex with a walking stick nor is it a juvenile

She also said that she would abide with any decision you come to

This you OP well done

Patser · 05-02-2017 07:45PM

You'd break its leg, it would fall on top of your car, you're dead, T Rex still gets to eat you and limps for a while.

dar100 · 05-02-2017 07:46PM

Took this 2weeks ago,

05-02-2017 07:47PM

Submit that question to this website - https://what-if.xkcd.com/

They will actually work out a proper scientific answer for you

Dtp1979 · 05-02-2017 07:48PM

The last thing I'd be doing is driving towards the T-Rex

ButcherOfNog · 05-02-2017 07:50PM

Cars these days are designed to crumple, so I think you'd be out of luck. Driving fast AWAY from the dangerous predator might be a better plan.

alchemist33 · 05-02-2017 07:53PM

T Rex weighs 5-7 tons. Focus weighs about 1.5 tons. Add the momentum of 70 mph and you're both screwed.

Terrlock · 05-02-2017 07:56PM

What if it was a Bull African Elephant that was in front of you.

Which would come off better, the car or the elephant?

riffmongous · 05-02-2017 07:58PM

Can we get some info, is the T-rex allowed to move? What if he gets his head down?

Capt'n Midnight · 05-02-2017 08:02PM

Terrlock wrote: »

What if it was a Bull African Elephant that was in front of you.

Which would come off better, the car or the elephant?

Forget elephants , rhinos are the ones built like tanks. Stronger legs. Can take up to 107 tonnes on the leg bones.

Of course the T-Rex might simply lift her leg and then stomp down hard.

pablo128 · 05-02-2017 08:04PM

dar100 wrote: »

Took this 2weeks ago,

Is that the Field museum in Chicago? I saw a full size T-rex skeleton there years ago.

I reckon the T-rex gets a busted leg and the Focus is fcuked but the rear seat passengers will survive. I recommend the front seat occupants do a 'tuck 'n roll' if ye are to have any chance of survival.

Or jump into the back seat before impact.

johnny_tractor · 05-02-2017 08:04PM

your insurance wouldn't cover it

The_Valeyard · 05-02-2017 08:07PM

But what if this T-Rex raises it's foot?

He'd just stomp the car.

maudgonner · 05-02-2017 08:12PM

You'd want to check how the Focus performs in the Moose test.

Probably better off with a Volvo or a Saab.

maudgonner · 05-02-2017 08:12PM

johnny_tractor wrote: »

your insurance wouldn't cover it

The owner of the T-Rex might be liable?

BernardBrogan · 05-02-2017 08:13PM

You shouldn't be driving under the influence.

whiskeyman · 05-02-2017 08:13PM

If the T-Rex was on a bike, it'd be his own fault...

Ted_YNWA · 05-02-2017 08:14PM

If you did, it would keep a road kill cafe in meat for years.

Fuzzy Clam · 05-02-2017 08:16PM

I thought T-Rex broke up after Marc Bolan died in a car crash.

pablo128 · 05-02-2017 08:17PM

maudgonner wrote: »

You'd want to check how the Focus performs in the Moose test.

Probably better off with a Volvo or a Saab.

You know some Volvo's are just remodelled Focus's?

Avatar MIA · 05-02-2017 08:21PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

If the T-Rex was on a bike, it'd be his own fault...

Not if he were on the footpath.

scudzilla · 05-02-2017 08:31PM

sugarman wrote: »

Using this photo as scale, I'd say easily.

It isn't THAT big.

Nice one, guess i'd mangle both legs then, sure i'd be toast too but at least i'd win the argument and that's what matters most

The_Valeyard · 05-02-2017 08:32PM

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Not if he were on the footpath.

Cyclists wont use cyclepaths.

The T-Rex should eat them.

The_Valeyard · 05-02-2017 08:32PM

scudzilla wrote: »

Nice one, guess i'd mangle both legs then, sure i'd be toast too but at least i'd win the argument and that's what matters most

Depends on the speed Of The T-Rex

maudgonner · 05-02-2017 08:34PM

How long will it take until someone turns up to point out that a cyclist never killed a T-Rex?

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