Question about car crashes in the movies and Holly wood Special effects?!
Question: Question about car crashes in the movies and Holly wood Special effects!?
I have a cousin who has started studying a course in film making!. While we where discussing special effects she said that in real life when cars crash they don't catch fire that it was just a Hollywood special effect to make it more dramatic and that the way cars are made these days that it's impossible to catch fire in an accident!. She seems so sure of herself but I'm not that convinced, I'm sure that it can happen and my first instinct if i was in a car crash would be to get everybody out and get a safe distance away just in case!. Do you think that what she says is correct!? Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
These days cars are made a lot better and more than likely a crash years ago that would have made a car catch fire is less likely to happen now, but whether a car catches fire is all dependant on the crash!.
For instance a small crash would be less likely to have this happen, but any crash that involves the car turning over always has the possibility that the fuel tank could go, once the structure of the car is damaged the fuel tank can easily have part of the metal warp or split on an edge causing fuel to leak out and then maybe catch fire!.
If it was impossible for a car to catch fire they wouldn't tell us to switch our engines off at petrol station even when waiting, anything that has gasoline in it has a risk it could explode!.
Hope this helps!.
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For instance a small crash would be less likely to have this happen, but any crash that involves the car turning over always has the possibility that the fuel tank could go, once the structure of the car is damaged the fuel tank can easily have part of the metal warp or split on an edge causing fuel to leak out and then maybe catch fire!.
If it was impossible for a car to catch fire they wouldn't tell us to switch our engines off at petrol station even when waiting, anything that has gasoline in it has a risk it could explode!.
Hope this helps!.
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I was about to say switch on the news!. Technically it is quite hard for a modern car to catch fire after crashing as many of the components containing volatile fluids are either well protected or buried deep in the engine!.
However, like todays unfortunate incident, if one of these components are ruptured and the fluid comes into contact with hot engine parts/sparks, then yes, ignition is possible!.
Although cars do not explode immediately (like in the films) if the petrol tank is heated continuously for long enough you will have one hell of an explosion as the petrol vaporises, ruptures the fuel tank and oxidises with the surrounding air!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
However, like todays unfortunate incident, if one of these components are ruptured and the fluid comes into contact with hot engine parts/sparks, then yes, ignition is possible!.
Although cars do not explode immediately (like in the films) if the petrol tank is heated continuously for long enough you will have one hell of an explosion as the petrol vaporises, ruptures the fuel tank and oxidises with the surrounding air!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
cars DO explode as everyone else said, but contrary to what some one else said, petrol tanks WILL explode if you shoot them with either tracer or phosphor bullets from a distance (enough for the bullet to burn) and if it is hit right, they done it on mythbusters, but by the time they managed to do it they had obliterated the tank using conventional bullets (which will not work) so it only caught fire!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
She's correct, the automatic exlosion you often see in Hollywood like when a car falls of a cliff is not realistic!.
It's possible in very very remote chances but the fuel needs to be secure otherwise a car would blow up if you had a bad crash on the road with someone else!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It's possible in very very remote chances but the fuel needs to be secure otherwise a car would blow up if you had a bad crash on the road with someone else!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
YEAH CARS CAN CATCH FIRE AND BLOW UP IN REAL LIFE!
I SAW REAL LIFE FOOTAGE OF IT ON 60 MINUTES IT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME!
I also SAW A GUY WITH NO SEAT BELT ON IN A SEDAN AND HE HIT SUMTHING IN FRONT AND HE ENDED UP IN THE BACK OF THE CAR UP NEAR THE BACK WINDOW IT SCARED ME!Www@Enter-QA@Com
I SAW REAL LIFE FOOTAGE OF IT ON 60 MINUTES IT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME!
I also SAW A GUY WITH NO SEAT BELT ON IN A SEDAN AND HE HIT SUMTHING IN FRONT AND HE ENDED UP IN THE BACK OF THE CAR UP NEAR THE BACK WINDOW IT SCARED ME!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Whereas cars are less likely to catch fire these days than the Ford Pinto of the 1970's they still can all too easily as was proven on the M6 motorway in England this morning where 5 people died!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
look and the news people burnt to death in a car, they only catch fire if the tank splits on something red hot or a naked flame they don't blow up as well did you know when you shoot someone they wouldn't recoil through the air it would just pass throughWww@Enter-QA@Com
Utter Rubbish is what you have been told, if there was no risk of fire, perhaps your cousin could explain what happens when the fuel tank ruptures, any spark on fuel will ignte itWww@Enter-QA@Com
shes definately wrong!.they do set on fire!.there was a crash either this morning or last night were a family of 6 died because there car set on fire after they crashed(god bless them ) :-)Www@Enter-QA@Com
given the sad news from the M6 this morning, cars can indeed catch fire when crashed, but it is rare!. Hollywood would tend to embellish things though, so of course cars explode when they crash!. Shooting a fuel tank would not cause an explosion in real life, but hollywood would not be so successful if they mirrored real life would they!?
note to poster below!.!.!.!.mythbusters showed that EVEN with a tracer round, it is hard to get a tank to explode!.!.!.!. liquid petrol doesnt burn, it is the vapour that needs to have the correct fuel air ratio to ignite!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
note to poster below!.!.!.!.mythbusters showed that EVEN with a tracer round, it is hard to get a tank to explode!.!.!.!. liquid petrol doesnt burn, it is the vapour that needs to have the correct fuel air ratio to ignite!.Www@Enter-QA@Com