1. Mikmaxs

    Mikmaxs Senior Member

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    Would This Kill Someone?

    Discussion in 'Research' started by Mikmaxs, Jun 2, 2016.

    Short question: If someone hit a cedar tree about a foot wide with enough force to knock down the tree, would that also kill them? Assume that the things which got them up to speed didn't kill them first.
     
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    newjerseyrunner Contributor Contributor Contest Winner 2022

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    Yes. You are seriously underestimating the strength of trees if you think it's even close, especially a hard wood like cedar.

    This is the amount of damage a car hitting a tree causes. That tree is about a foot wide, could you imagine how much harder you'd have to hit it to knock it over?
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    Hitting a tree skiing might kill you, and it doesn't even bruise the tree.
     
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    Right. Maybe I'll just have him bounce off the tree instead...
     
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    That'd probably be best, you couldn't even make the tree smaller, even a small tree will kill you if you hit it hard enough to knock it over. Think about it this way, a baseball bat is the thickness of a very young tree, would the bat kill you before you broke it? (Bats are more breakable than living wood too.)
     
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