How To Die

How to die in 0.7 seconds

Do you know what happens in the first fatal second after a car going 55 miles per hour hits a solid object?

In the FIRST TENTH of the second, the frount bumper and grille collapse.

The SECOND TENTH finds the hood crumbling, rising and striking the windshield as spinning rear wheels lift from the ground. Simultaneously, fenders begin wrapping themselves around the solid object and although the car's frame has been halted, the REST OF THE CAR IS STILL GOING 55 MILES PER HOUR. Instinct causes the driver to stiffen his/her legs against the crash and they snap at the knee joint.

During the THIRD TENTH of the second, the steering wheel starts to disintegrate and the steering column aims for the driver's chest.

The FOURTH TENTH of the second finds two feet of the car's frount end wrecked while the rear end is still moves at 35 miles per hour and the driver's body is still traveling at 55 miles per hour.

In the FIFTH TENTH of the second the driver is impaled on the steering column and blood rushes to his/her lungs.

The SIXTH TENTH finds the impact built up the extent that feet are ripped out of the tightly laced shoes. The brake pedal breaks off. The car frame buckles in the middle and the drivers head bangs into the windshield as the rear wheels, still spinning, fall back to earth.

In the SEVENTH THENTH hinges rip loose, doors open and the seat breaks free, striking the driver from behind.

BUT HE DOESNT MIND BECAUSE HE IS ALREADY DEAD, and the last three thenths of the second mean nothing to him/her.

NOW, WILL YOU BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELT?

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