Northern California Engineering Contractors Association

Seven-Tenths of a Second

Look at your watch and see how long one second really is. If you have a stopwatch, try to stop the stopwatch at seven-tenths of a second. Now that you know how long that is, consider what happens in the first seven tenths of a second when a truck or auto traveling 55 mph hits a solid object and the driver is not wearing his/hers seat belt and shoulder belt.

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