Excerpted from Thinking Physics by Lewis Caroll Epstein
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Consider the consequences of driving a car into a head-on collision with an identical car traveling toward you at the same speed — as opposed to colliding at the same speed against a massive concrete wall. Which of these two situations would result in the greatest impact force?
a) Colliding with the approaching car
b) Colliding with the massive stationary wall
c) Both would have the same impact