American Crash Testing.

[lovelygirl622]

so Always a good time with me

[surredneck66]

TGV12 = topgear sports train

[MrAnggeilbabe67]

lool Im here 4u

[maryellenswyriek6565]

cool I would advise You to sit back, relax and enjoy my company

[JSFER2]

"There's only one way to find out..." CRASH MORE TRAINS!!

[KartKing4ever]

I didn't know kilometers were used in America -.-

[jaffacake1578]

so why 11 years later, do we still not see crush zones on trains?

[NerfZoo]

what program is this?

[Yora21]

When was this made? The crash at 1:14 looks almost not that bad when compared to one that happened in Germany about 10 or 15 years ago. The cars ended up stacked together like in their CGI simulation.

[violafinishda]

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[matthewt1501]

So where is the rest then??? C'mon!

[deepscan101]

The small rail equipment I build can withstand a 20mph crash with minimal damage.

[sweetenedicedtea]

As long as everyone in the train is wearing seatbelts, You probably wouldn't even get injured in a train wreck anymore :D

[TheLfwjo]

@sweetenedicedtea Possible: the train cars did not shatter unlike those of paveroad vehicles.

[bond1011]

wow i actually learned something today! lol

[MTxHulk]

thats one badass wall

[wwwMishanyaCom]

Good work at the angeneeries

Америкосы всё таки думают о безопасности людей и не жалеют на это денег, у нас же локомотивы и вагоны 40 лет не обновлялись, в прочем как и машины :)

[Huskek]

it would be very fun to work there

[MrGH3Man4]

Ka BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[mikey380sx]

Could somebody please tell me the name of this show and the episode name?

[cdsida]

they cut the show off right at what would be the most interesting

[krisraps]

I Didn`t Knwo This!

This Is beatiofull! And Good

[sgtstagusmc]

what show is this

[bronzeonion]

hate it when they say speeds in kmh, that doesnt give me any idea how fast somthing is

[brumbola]

let me guess... you are american?

[bronzeonion]

no Im english

[ExoticSpotting]

There's more of a blunt impact with the new design, will they outfit the new ones with seatbelts?

[PearlJammer07]

And is this safety technology being put into trains? I wouldn't really know cause I don't use trains as my main mode of travel.

[Halfback1990]

Not safety is all.

[thedarkallies]

This is god damn scary. The whole point of lateral buckling is it transfers impact energy lateraly, instead of stoping dead into a wall (which is what kills you). If you remove the lateral, the victims now have to absorb the whole energy instead because it cant find a lateral outlet. Who the hell cares if it protects the train, it's the passengers that people should worry about.

Very unimpressed.

[gguru1]

Your logic is like saying you'd rather not be wearing a seatbelt in a car crash so you can be thrown clear of the car instead of being trapped inside.

Would you rather be in a derailed train crushed under several other cars weighting many tons each, or in a train that's still on the rails?

[bestamerica]

depend on speeding and long trailer train

[HolySpringRolls]

finally they make things more safer. if no one would die, they wouldnt do anything. before titanic no one took the radio seriously on ships.

[ruggeroEco]

tua nonna

[XDared45X]

You just said my granmother.

[123ezza123]

why cant i see the video

funny video lets chat K6

[rapzeh2issocool]

you could of showd the rest of the vid fuking dumm ass

[mklkmr]

true ! lol

[megaVotze]

shit

[necromakouls]

let me see this work on the terns lift and right. @@ americans

[hahacu]

geil ^^

[Typet360]

Yay science!

[1maxsilk1]

What is the name of the original video? I want to watch all of it.

[kazo]

Crash Science on National Geographic. The episode is called Trains.

[Boristhe3rd]

i wanna see the bit about the TGV!!!

[roninotakuknight]

i wanna see more what's the name of this national geographic video

[Dominomusicians]

@Boristhe3rd tgv? yeah... the fastest train ever... but search for: ICE eschede crash

a german ICE at 300kmh with 15 parts crashed at a bridge. after that it was long like ONE part of these 15

lol (ps normally there would be a smiley but thats not funny.. over 100 people died!)

[salemcripple]

They spent how much testing this? Something that a 10 year old could have found out.

[TofferB]

lol was thinking the same thing.

[wintersinia]

way to improve the horrible future

[andrea00mc]

but why dont the lazy feckers us crash zone thingys. like the new tecnology to make buildings sway during an earthquake. reduced the no of peeps killed.

[XtReMeToMo]

why dont they use it?

[cooler123999]

boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[BDFPA]

if it's boring then why did you search for the video.

[squidman101]

the only prob it that is now you going 40 to 0 in 1 ec

[listamin]

before it was some about 1.3

if you sit inside this train, it does not matter to you how fast you stop, you fly around at any speed

[nasa186]

same with school buses and pretty much any other bus =P

[wizard1935]

DOMMM

[1976MUSTANG]

what show is this?

[difaren95]

cool man..

[Flonominal123]

cool\

=I

[Niklas45]

nice

[elsotonacho]

technologyyyy

[Weiberts]

cool i hope i ride a new one

[emersondavis]

with their launch of the tgv

[nokata619]

I know... put dicks instead of crash zones.

[mnn2k]

how about some fucking huge springs in every end so it can absorb the shock?

[Nimsoft]

Uhh, yeah smart arse, that's exactly what they just demonstrated!

[trainiax]

First of all, springs would NOT absorb the shock--they would bounce back out again, which would actually make the situation worse. Secondly, the crush zones in the end do exactly what you describe--absorb the shock.

[Elfmurderer]

lol nicely said speedgeek123

[speedgeek123]

ahaha ahahaha inertia got pwned

[sunnymiu]

What is the title of this National Geography programme? I want to download the full version.

[MaxItOut1543]

it called "railroad crashes" it's on every now and again!

[sunnymiu]

Thankyou Guy =D

[tandis97]

strong train

[elreservista]

excelent system, but why dont used now, modificate now all models around the world!!, why we need to die!!. Yeah I know, the insurance pay for us.. but...

[meanboy35]

boring

[FDKII]

Your boring

[1976MUSTANG]

Good one

[willsd87]

It would be better if they kept the jack-knifing, and put crash zones on the sides of the carriages. If they're impractical, i.e. too big, put massive stretchy airbags on the sides which deploy when the train crashes...converting the energy into heat. Then you still get the energy loss from the trains skidding along the ground, and a not-so-sudden impact to the passengers. Why don't they use this idea already? Or do they? Is this a money making idea?!

[xmtz]

Airbags are good to ensure that the passengers do not get tossed about & hit the insides of the train. However, the sides of the carriages cave in crushing the passengers when a train jackknifes. Airbags will not help in that case. (In a car the hood is crushable, but the passenger compartment is not, so airbags are useful)

[boo7297]

they couldnt with narrow tunnels

[willsd87]

Hang on, i've just paused it after hearing that it's a "phenomenon"...it's fucking basic physics! Stupid American crash testers!

[VFB1210]

Do you happen to know the name of this program? I may have to see if it is available on DVD or something...

[ibook133]

One more reason not to stand in the vestibule between cars.

[Virtuoso23]

Just a question: but if it happens on a bend?!?

NO WAY the cars are staying into the railway.

[Floridaman98]

Use more car.

I want to see more than two stripped down cars.

[lbj18]

one flaw they prevent the train from turning!?!?!!?!?!?!

[cesko80]

brillant

[breakoutboi22]

that could actually save some lives.

[jivebunnystudios]

wow the americans only figured this out in April 2000?

[12GSlug]

WOW your stupid.. Euro used this info..

[jivebunnystudios]

Yes... they were using it in the early 1980s. Thanks for backing my point up dumbass :)

[12GSlug]

Really is that why he said Brits and American made the new desing in 2000?

God I hate euro trash..

[jivebunnystudios]

You must be watching a different video to me as he doesn't say that in the one I'm watching... He says they carried out the test in 2000. You're going to have a hard time convincing me that 2000 came before 1981, which is when the french (crumple-zone equipped) TGVs were launched...

[12GSlug]

WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW and other wow...

Go pick your butt.... No one cares about trains any ways..

[InfluxUK]

why'd you watch it then?

[willsd87]

WOW "you're" stupid.

[maxitrain989]

neat