If shock absorbers are meant to absorb shock, why do we drive slower through pot holes?
In: Engineering
Because they’re not magic. In times gone past, if you drove your carriage over a pot hole, your wheel fell off and your carriage broke in half, then your horse ran away.
Now, you might break your axle or bend your tire if you take a pothole too fast. That is far preferable. But you still need to account for the fact that there are limits to your vehicle and what it can withstand.
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