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

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 05-02-2017 08:39PM

Not a hope in hell of breaking it's leg. The thing was almost 17 feet tall and weighed over 8 tons

pablo128 · 05-02-2017 08:50PM

Leonel Late Pick wrote: »

Not a hope in hell of breaking it's leg. The thing was almost 17 feet tall and weighed over 8 tons

Yeah but you're belting a 1.3 ton wrecking ball at its leg at 120kph. The height makes it easier to survive as your not hitting the body.

So long as the carcass doesn't fall on your roof after impact.

05-02-2017 09:02PM

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

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

Mark Bolan's biggest hit was a tree!
Which would be like running into a T-Rex, the weight would probably drop straight down on impact, flattening the car.

Samuel T. Cogley · 05-02-2017 09:07PM

sugarman wrote: »

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

It isn't THAT big.

They're remarkably calm. I've been having issues with birds ****ting on my car but that looks like it's gonna take more than a wet sponge when it's finished.

Fuzzy Clam · 05-02-2017 09:14PM

Leonel Late Pick wrote:

Not a hope in hell of breaking it's leg. The thing was almost 17 feet tall and weighed over 8 tons

The impact mightn't break the leg but falling awkwardly after may.

mansize · 05-02-2017 09:16PM

Would the t rex beat Conor McGregor in a fight though???

Stigura · 05-02-2017 09:20PM

Capt'n Of Midnight wrote:

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

'How dare you just assume its gender! :mad:'

05-02-2017 09:22PM

Stigura wrote: »

'How dare you just assume its gender! :mad:'

The female has a bigger mouth!

Xaracatz · 05-02-2017 09:24PM

Yeah. I'd say you could. Although, according to sugarman's picture, you might just hit and break his or her foot.

What would you do then though? Assuming you weren't injured yourself. Crippled T-Rexes are still pretty dangerous I would imagine.

I've given this a bit too much thought already, but I often wonder what I would do if a tiger jumped out on the street. I'd be hoping there were other (preferably evil) people around to take the fall.

Butters1979 · 05-02-2017 10:00PM

70 mph is an exceptional amount of energy. You double the speed you quadruple the kinitec energy. You'd smash his legs.

Also big thumbs up for what is finally a decent thread around here.

Hande hoche! · 05-02-2017 10:52PM

That's the plot for the next fast and the furious film sorted.

aaronjumper · 05-02-2017 11:00PM

You'd break it's leg and it would sue you into poverty.
Then you eventually starve to death and the t-rex lives happily ever after spending all that compo money.

Agricola · 05-02-2017 11:00PM

Well fúck, will have to watch Jurassic Park again now.

fatknacker · 05-02-2017 11:01PM

But you'd have layers and layers of soft feathers protecting the legs that might lessen the impact of the crash.

maudgonner · 05-02-2017 11:02PM

Butters1979 wrote: »

70 mph is an exceptional amount of energy. You double the speed you quadruple the kinitec energy. You'd smash his legs.

Good point.

Road safety studies say that:
If a person is hit by a car at 20 mph there will be a 10% fatality rate.
If a person is hit by a car at 30 mph there will be a 50% fatality rate.
If a person is hit by a car at 40 mph there will be a 90% fatality rate.

So how would this apply to T-Rexes?
If a T-Rex is hit by a car at 20 mph there will be a 100% fatality rate.
If a T-Rex is hit by a car at 30 mph there will be a 100% fatality rate.
If a T-Rex is hit by a car at 40 mph there will be a 100% fatality rate.
Because T-Rexes are extinct, so they're all already dead anyway.

05-02-2017 11:06PM

maudgonner wrote: »

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Because T-Rexes are extinct, so they're all already dead anyway.

Extinct or unextinct, you're still likely to get killed hitting their fossilised remains at 70mph, especially if they're still encased in rock!

aaronjumper · 05-02-2017 11:09PM

maudgonner wrote: »

So how would this apply to T-Rexes?
If a T-Rex is hit by a car at 20 mph there will be a 100% fatality rate.
If a T-Rex is hit by a car at 30 mph there will be a 100% fatality rate.
If a T-Rex is hit by a car at 40 mph there will be a 100% fatality rate.
Because T-Rexes are extinct, so they're all already dead anyway.

I take it you don't like hypothetical questions then.

maudgonner · 05-02-2017 11:21PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Extinct or unextinct, you're still likely to get killed hitting their fossilised remains at 70mph, especially if they're still encased in rock!

Well I was talking about the fatality rate of the animal, not the human.
But to run with your point, and get back to the original question, if the T-Rex you hit was fossilised, would the legs be more or less likely to break?
Less cushioning to absorb the impact, but on the other hand...big lump of rock?

maudgonner · 05-02-2017 11:22PM

aaronjumper wrote: »

I take it you don't like hypothetical questions then.

You take it wrong, I think this is a great thread. I would like to know how much the OP has bet on this though.

aaronjumper · 05-02-2017 11:25PM

maudgonner wrote: »

You take it wrong, I think this is a great thread. I would like to know how much the OP has bet on this though.

Wrong? Wrong! How dare you, you anti t-rex fascist!

PARlance · 05-02-2017 11:30PM

Xaracatz wrote: »

Yeah. I'd say you could. Although, according to sugarman's picture, you might just hit and break his or her foot.
What would you do then though? Assuming you weren't injured yourself. Crippled T-Rexes are still pretty dangerous I would imagine.

Oh ya, what's a T-Rex with 2 broken legs going to do to me... wave frantically with those little twig arms.

Crutches would be a bloody nightmare for them.

PARlance · 05-02-2017 11:32PM

maudgonner wrote: »

You take it wrong, I think this is a great thread. I would like to know how much the OP has bet on this though.

T-Rex
B-Job

aaronjumper · 05-02-2017 11:34PM

PARlance wrote: »

T-Rex
B-Job

With those sharp teeth I think I'd pass.

PARlance · 05-02-2017 11:41PM

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

While some may be sniggering, I think you've done the right thing by trying to figure this out.

As they say, Check your self, before you Rex yourself.

maudgonner · 05-02-2017 11:45PM

aaronjumper wrote: »

With those sharp teeth I think I'd pass.

How do you know that scud's wife has sharp teeth? :eek:

aaronjumper · 06-02-2017 12:11AM

maudgonner wrote: »

How do you know that scud's wife has sharp teeth? :eek:

I was trying to imply it would be from the t-rex. I failed. :pac:

minikin · 06-02-2017 12:12AM

Which of your family members remind your wife of a T-Rex?

pablo128 · 06-02-2017 12:12AM

maudgonner wrote: »

How do you know that scud's wife has sharp teeth? :eek:

;)

maudgonner · 06-02-2017 12:13AM

aaronjumper wrote: »

I was trying to imply it would be from the t-rex. I failed. :pac:

No, I know what you meant.

whoopsadoodles · 06-02-2017 12:17AM

This is the kind of marriage everyone should aim for

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

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