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		rripken on March 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Dr... So if you are going 10% faster (38 vs 35) you have 121% the kinetic energy.

Balgair on March 20, 2018 [–]

My math says it's ~1.18 times more KE.

But yes, about 1/5th more KE with just a 3 mph difference.

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