Originally Posted by
limmiwinks
I don't remember where I read this, but most head impacts are the same regardless of speed, usually the equivalent of standing up and falling over like a bowling pin. Which makes sense because the forward motion and downward motion are two separate forces. This is of course ignoring the possibility of hitting a stationary object with your melon.
I dunno... I'd rather slam my hand down on an anvil than on a running sander. There's a degree of scrape when you are moving. You may be going downwards at the same velocity, but the ground is moving in one and not the other.