Question

Cars are equipped with padded dashboards. In collisions, the padded dashboards would be safer than non-padded ones because they ____. List all that apply.Group of answer choicesdecrease the impact forceincrease the impact timedecrease an occupant's impulsenone of the above

Answer 1

The padding in a car would increase the time of the impact allowing the passenger's momentum to get to zero. This means that the im pact force will also be decrease, therefore, the right answers are:

Decrease impact force and Increase impact time.