Reply to post: 3. hit something solid over something moving or weak that might give way

3. hit something solid over something moving or weak that might give way

Surely not - you want something that will absorb the energy, not something that will push it all back into you.

Apparently the very worst thing (for the driver) to hit is a tree. Unlike a post that has been put there, it usually won't fall or bend over. Unlike another car it won't move along the road or crush a bit. It just sits there and doesn't move and you hit it with all your kinetic energy.