iamme Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 So, for some reason this question popped in my head while palming a basketball in the back of my friends car last night..If you throw a basketball out of your car, which is going at least 70/80mph, at a car following you at the same speed, specifically at its windshield...would that break/crack the windshield?thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyfreshdc Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 if the car is next to you, probably not.if it's behind, the air resistance would probably slow the ball down enough that there might be enough of a difference in speed to break the windshield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 Originally posted by iamme So, for some reason this question popped in my head while palming a basketball in the back of my friends car last night..If you throw a basketball out of your car, which is going at least 70/80mph, at a car following you at the same speed, specifically at its windshield...would that break/crack the windshield?thoughts probably...the ball would be traveling at the same speed u are and then with the weight and force of the ball it would prob crack/break the windshield...i can tell u that if the car is traveling opposite u it will... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullseye Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 i doubt a basketball would do any damage, probably jus scare the shit outta the driver. but then again i learned in the academy that windshields are shaped specifically to resist most damage from most objects coming straight at it. most hard objects that crack the windshield hit the windshield at an odd angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghhhhhost Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 side windows itd break. my cousin broke a passing cars window with a soccer ball... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcx04 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 Yea I think it's break it if it was on the side..not sure if it's right behind....me and my friend who's takin physics now want to eventually take an egg and throw it on a cops head when he's using the radar on the other side of the freeway...imagine an Egg hittin you at 80mph on your head I'll doubt we'll ever do it though...po po's been good to us lately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majinbuu Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 of course it will break the windshield....i was hit with a snowball going over 50 mph...it almost broke my windshield. a basketball has more surface area and is actually solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatman Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 ...was it an african swallow or european swallow?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 Try it and let us know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillfire Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 i was hit with a four by four that flew from under the wheels of a truck going 80 miles per hr on 280 (stupid asshole, )and it thank god flew side ways when it hit my windshield. it didn't break it break it (glass flying everywhere and such) but it did crack it. so no based on experience, i dont think that a basket ball will do great damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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