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A man launched from a moving truck in the opposite direction - at the same speed the truck was traveling. (mstdn.social)
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This experiment spectacularly showed how relative speed works.

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[-] rainwall@piefed.social 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Thats a good take on it. Its not explictly clear what gear he has on under the red jacket, but it looks like it might be a motercycle suit. These are full body and tend to be armored with kevlar and other material in order to blunt abrasion/collision damage.

With one of those suits, what looks like a good helmet and no bike to roll on top of you, you would likely survive a 30-60 mph "crash" off the end of the truck mostly unscathed.

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