when seated in a car: what (minimum) speed leads to death when it drops to 0 in no more than a moment?
in New Jersey, 2013, a 15 year old "crashed his car into another vehicle, killing him and two others, never even tapped the brake before the deadly wreck [...] investigators believe Srijan Saha [...] was driving his parents' 1995 Honda Civic at almost 100 mph when he veered into oncoming traffic and slammed into a car head-on"
-http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/new-jersey-teen-driving-100-mph-hit-brakes-suicidal-wreck-killed-3-report-article-1.1489496
also from 2013: "a crash in Graham that killed two men late Monday has been ruled a homicide-suicide, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s department [...] both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene [...] investigators said the 19-year-old was speeding more than 100 miles per hour. when deputies went to notify the man’s family about the accident, they discovered a suicide note. “He’d left a suicide note saying he was going to drive his car 120 mph into a pole,” sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said. “he got his car up to high speed to hit a pole and instead hit a truck, killing the other guy instantly.”"
-http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2013/05/28/two-men-killed-in-car-crash-in-graham/#storylink=cpy
100mph correspond to 160.93km/h
successful crashes (leading to death) seem to be even possible at much lower speeds.
Boone County, 2014: "investigators say a car that struck a tree Sunday morning, killing one current and one former student at Western Boone High School, was traveling at 65 mph just before the crash. the Boone County coroner determined that Jacob Shockley and Richard Penny, Jr. both died from blunt force trauma [...] medics declared both teens dead at the scene"
-http://www.wthr.com/story/24987815/2014/03/16/boone-county-police-investigating-fatal-accident
65mph correspond to 104.61km/h
a speed of around 100mph might the speed that leads to death when it drops to 0 in no more than a moment. this is the value that most success cases provide.
in the event that you crash into something that will "budge up" when you hit it, so that the speed you're driving with won't drop to 0 in no more than a moment, 100mph won't suffice, as following case from 2011 demonstrates...
"Donaho had just spent four days in the Williamson County jail after admitting that he tried to kill himself and his girlfriend in a high-speed car crash, court records show [...] a Volkswagon Jetta had crashed head-on into an impact attenuator, or crash cushion. when fire fighters were freeing the couple from the wreckage, both were conscious and admitted they were attempting to commit suicide by driving into the traffic safety device [...] State Trooper Carlton R. Scott, who investigated the accident, [...] found extensive front-end damage to the car, and both air bags had been deployed and had blood on them. upon examining the instrument cluster in the dash of the car Scott said he found [...] the speedometer was frozen at more than 110 mph,"
-http://www.hillcountrynews.com/news/article_2de12522-33d0-11e0-b1e4-001cc4c03286.html?mode=print
to prevent the unlikely, but possible event that you'll survive a crash into something firm and solid, at a speed of (at least) 100mph (the faster you drive, the better), and also to prevent the unlikely, but possible event that the firm and solid object you decided to crash into turns out to be not so steadfast afterall, thus cushioning the impact, you'd be well advised to intoxicate yourself prior to commencing your road trip.
the average height of an apartement is 2.5m (hollow space) + a 16-30cm thick ceiling. assuming it's 2.7m in total, then, when you'd be standing on the 18th floor you'd be 45.9m above ground level. based on Geo Stone's investigation, a 150 feet (= 46 meters) fall onto the ground, or a 250 feet (= 76 meters) fall onto water, will almost certainly lead to death. if there aren't any buildings or bridges tall enough where you live, one can travel abroad. i was thinking of the Yangtze river bridge in Nanjing (China), a famous suicide spot. it does not provide a 76 meters fall, but, it's proven itself to be safe investment. If the impact with the river won't kill you, you'll drown instead. China is a country one could potentially aquire some nice potentially lethal drugs from. also nembutal and cyanide. i thought about going to Nanjing, trying to get hold of sth like that, and if it fails, jumping off that bridge as a last resort. as far as leaps of faith onto solid ground are concerned, you'll probably also die from a fall from a bit below the ideal of 46m. maybe take a lethal dose of
some poison beforehand, as a security measure. South Korea, 2013...
"a 39-year-old man jumped to his death from the top of an 11 story building in the southeastern port city of Busan. In addition to killing himself, the suicide jumper landed on a little girl who was standing outside of the apartment building with her parents. the man died immediately from the fall.
the little girl suffered broken bones and brain damage and died shortly after the incident at the hospital. the little girl's parents were not harmed in the fall."
-kare11 news, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSLket0pwQw
the top of a 11 story building, that's equivalent to the 12th floor, or to a height of around 29.7m. As the example above shows, you should be careful not to hit anyone, or else there will be 2 casualties.
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