by themisterF on July 25th, 2006

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Can you die if you jump off of a pretty high bridge into water?

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by scbuxton on January 16th, 2007
Surprisingly, yes you can. I recently jumped off of a pretty high bridge and died on impact. I'm much better now though...
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- That's odd, you don't sound much better.
  
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  by Anonymous on January 16th, 2007
- My yin and yang must be out of balance due to my recent demise and speedy recovery.
  
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  by scbuxton on January 17th, 2007
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by Anonymous on July 18th, 2007
Hmm after some calculations...I found that if you jumped off the golden gate bridge on a fair day with a 1.2 drag coefficient with 220ft standing between you and the water, at the moment of impact, your body would be falling at the speed of 213.4924 MPH. Still a long way off from breaking the sound barrier, but who cares? you're dead.
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- terminal velocity in standard free fall position is 120 mph in skydiving, 200 mph if you tuck your limbs in.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_velocity
  
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  by GlobalEnlightenment on September 17th, 2008
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by polishdude20 on August 5th, 2006
That is not true, I live near a swimming pool and it has a diving board wich is 10 metres high and ive seen the lifeguards jump of it loads of times. And from my understanding there are about 3 feet in a metre? so that would be like 30s or more.
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  by Anonymous on January 16th, 2007
- yes you can die, if you jump off a very high bridge and depending on your acceleration it can feel like slamming into a brick wall, and people have died from it.
  
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  by glamorgirli on January 16th, 2007
- jumping into a swimming pool from a diving board of 10m high is not the same as jumping off of a high bridge. high dives at the swimming pool are high enough to be high but short enough to be not too high so you cant kill yourself on impact which is how you would die off of very high bridge. i live outside of san francisco and loads of people jump off of it every year and die. a student from my high school killed himself from jumping off of it 8 days ago and as far as everybody knows he is dead and his body is yet found, when everybody was told about it, the majority of the school was depressed b/c he was a great well known nice kid in the junior class
  
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by ziaomar on July 29th, 2006
who ever does it i might show up for there funeral.
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by Barrat per negòci on November 16th, 2008
Especially if that water is shallow and the bed is a bunch of jagged rocks.
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  by lightbulb on November 30th, 2008
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by New Member on July 18th, 2007
Yes, you can. Water is strong stuff. Try even running in water and it could break bones.
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- How can running in water break bones?
  
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  by Caveman on July 18th, 2007
- Want to try it? just kidding. if you try running in water, (plz don't) it could give you serious injuries or break your bones.
  
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by anonymous on January 16th, 2007
Yes,...if you reach terminal velocity, then when you hit the water(if its undisturbed and quiet) can be like running yourself into a brick wall at 25 MPH.
Doesn't sound like much, but go run into a brick wall at 5 MPH and see how that feels.
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by Firebrand on January 16th, 2007
Certainly if you cannot swim. Other than that crush injuries if the bridge is very high
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by James Black on January 16th, 2007
Yes, that is how people commit suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

They reach speeds during the fall that the water forces their legs up into their body upon impact. (If they are doing a pencil drop)
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- Yes, but it's not 100% - There have been cases of people surviving the jump off GGB. I'd go for something higher or where destination is harder....to make sure and do it right.
  
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  by Scifisuz on July 18th, 2007
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by anonymous on August 21st, 2006
Yeah you can. I mean, for all you know there may be rocks and shopping trolleys and crap in there, and all sorts of things will determine it. However, where's the fun without the risk? Grab your tequila, and have a good time jumping!
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by w_wear on August 5th, 2006
yes but its only fatal at 150 or more feet depending on how u land
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by Jared0711 on September 16th, 2008
yes.. of course.. it will fructure your bones beomes of the force of the water and it will damage your muscles.. that will to death... ^^
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by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on September 16th, 2008
Yes you can, and you don't have to be that high up to do so.
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by Anonymous on May 30th, 2008
Yes. Many people commit sucide this way.
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by Anonymous on January 16th, 2007
There is a difference between 30 feet and a good diver diving in the water correctly, and someone in clothing jumping from a 50-100+ foot height into water of unknown depth and temperature.

The person also has NO idea what is below the water...a rock, a log, or other things that could break their back or leg quickly and then they could drown quickly. Not recommended ever!
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by brett.luneburg on September 12th, 2011
id have to be pretty high to jump off a 100 foot bridge, but i did just do a 30 footer today and it was awesome
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by Anonymous on June 20th, 2010
I don't know what the height cut off is for that but absolutely yes.
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by Takei-Shihan on July 18th, 2007
Possibly, YES ... not an absolute guarantee of death, it is also possible to survive.

A highly skilled diver should be able to swim away uninjured from a jump of 150 feet, while clumsy beginners have been injured and even killed from jumping only 30 feet ... also, although many people are good swimmers, it is possible to drown in only 3 or 4 tablespoons of water.
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by GlobalEnlightenment on April 24th, 2008
so, i would think, that if you were to jump from a very high distance(say fall out of a plane into the ocean), or the golden gate bridge, and you wanted to survive, it would be best to fall belly down with your arms and legs far out, then at the last instant before you hit the water, flip your body forward, legs together, arms at your side, toes pointed, then the moment your body is in the water, spread your arms, bend your legs at the hip so you don't end up 30 feet under water and drown or have your lungs collapse from the pressure change. how's that sound?
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- I learned in lifeguarding class that your supposed to cross your legs together so they dont get unhinged from your hips on impact, and go feet first so that your head doest take much of the hit.
  
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by douggy on June 13th, 2008
from terminal velocity, you might as well be hitting concrete instead of water. good luck though !!!
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by cudmore on June 20th, 2010
of course you can kill yourself. Basically it depends on your mode of entry. If you enter feet first with hands at your side you could survive a rather high jump. My friend once jumped off a 100 plus foot bridge using this method and survived no problem. He swam to shore, climbed out of the water and finished off the beer he was drinking.
However if you land flat on your back or stomach the odds of living after jumping off a relatively low height 50=60 feet, could easily kill you, especially if you have reached terminal velocity which would probably take a least 100 feet to reach. Landing prone from such a height would most likely leave you insides massively hemorrhaged and destroyed, when they cut you open for autopsy your inards would probably just pour out on the coroners's table.
hope this keeps you from jumping~
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by josiemarine on September 16th, 2008
force is what breaks bone, causes internal damage ... kills you. Force is equal to mass time acelleration (or decelleration). Terminal velocity is about 120 mph, you can hit this speed, depending on body / wind resistance in as low as a 150 feet free fall. Now, water is much more viscous than air so when you hit it you slow rapidly. The tricks are: a) slow your speed - difficult without splaying your body, b) hit the water so your decelleration takes place over the greatest time (distance) - so hit the water with both feet together, minimise contact area, and penetration resistance so you decellerate through about 20 feet of water; when you stop your decent swim to the surface. Be prepared to use your arms (you had better had tucked then in) cause your legs /feet may be broken.
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