Inertia can be a problem in vanagon land, but I think you are talking about momentum.

Alistair

> On Dec 18, 2014, at 8:03 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> With the inverter/crock pot cooking under way conversation going elsewhere
> here, it's probably a good time to bring up the Subject.
>    Anything you have, unsecured, in your van as you're going somewhere, it
> will become a potentially lethal projectile in the event of crash.  The
> whole van and all it's  contents are full of kinetic energy at speed...stop
> the van against something and all the loose  contents will keep going until
> THEY get stopped, too.  If that crock pot, that set of golf clubs, that
> portopotty, that table saw hits YOU or anyone else during a crash, it is
> likely to damage or kill.
>   One of the cardinal rules in auto racing and for club tracktime events
> is absolutely no loose objects inside any car when on track.
>   Yes, it's really not something we often consider as we VANAGON around,
> but inertia exists.  Something to be aware of.