Safety features in cars

Today we're going to talk about the last section of the physics unit we've been doing, car safety features.
Complete the following activities:

1. Copy the formula for calculating impact forces here. 
2. If you increase the stopping time, what happen to the force of impact?
3. What features in cars help increase the stopping time in a collision?
4. Try this quiz, writing down the answer to number 3. 
5. Explain why there used to be a higher percentage of fatalities in car accidents than there is now.
6. Using the link above, explain how a crumple zone works as an important safety feature in modern cars.
7. What did James Ryan invent? How did it help car safety?
8. Using the picture below, explain how an air bag helps people avoid injuries. What does it increase?
9. Watch this video, and explain how this new feature might help make people safer. Why might people be against using this technology?
10. Watch this video and list each of the features you can see at work.  What do they all have in common?

11. What could you change to expose these dummies to lower forces?

12. Why does the cannon move backwards less than the cannonball moves forwards?