# John Nash obit: How is one "thrown from a \[non convertible\] car?"

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 25, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-nash-obit-how-is-one-thrown-from-a-non-convertible-car/720806 "2015-05-25T17:01:43Z")\
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> [@RTFirefly](#):
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> Of course, if you don’t wear your seatbelt, there’s going to be a pretty close correspondence between the two in event of an accident.

Not at all, if 2 people are ejected at the same speed, and one hits blacktop at a 15 deg incline and the other hits grass at a 15 deg decline their deceleration will be markedly different.

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