How fast does a car have to go to break a telephone pole in half?

Between 55 to 60 miles per hour...|||If the car is on the ground and breaks the pole, then the car will break the pole either at the ground, where the car hits, or somewhere in between. The top piece will be much larger than the bottom piece. It will not break in half.





To break the pole in half, the car has to become airborne, and hit the pole in the middle, at the top, or somewhere in between. To get a car airborne and up to a height of at least half the height of a telephone pole requires a great deal of speed under normal conditions. However, it could drive off the edge of a bridge at any speed, and starting from a point higher than the top of the telephone pole, strike the pole near the top during its fall, and break the pole that way.|||i have to laugh at the first answer, sure it will not be split in half but you are asking if the car would separate the two parts at a set speed. i dont know of a speed that would cause that to happen, although i have seen the evidence there after. the car would be severely damaged and the driver most likely dead. ill pick a number out of thin air though 75 mph. those poles are so very dry.|||it depends on the car and what the pole was made of|||I'm sure it can do it at about 300 miles an hour.