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Vehicle Safety & Newton's Laws Challenge
Become a vehicle safety engineer and use Newton's Laws, momentum and stopping distance calculations to design safer cars. Investigate collisions, evaluate safety technologies such as airbags and crumple zones, and optimise vehicle designs under realistic constraints.
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