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[–] 87 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or the trolley potentially carrying dozens of people falls over, killing and injuring more people than would have been otherwise.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    going over people also soulnds like it would cause a derilment

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    A train wagon easily weights 20 tonnes and more. If it goes just at 50 kph, it has an impulse of 278.000 kg*m/s. Respectively 278.000 Ns. According to some googling human bones tend to break at around a force of 4.000 N.

    Realistically the train is just going to flatten whatever flesh and bones are between the wheel and tracks.

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