Originally posted by AtW
What are you using for fuel
Isn't the sound barrier at about that speed.
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What are you using for fuel
Isn't the sound barrier at about that speed. -
Its a clean engine run on garbage that I work on in my spare time.Comment
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IF it's empty. If not, then WHAM !Originally posted by AtW
700 mph out of one tankful ? Maybe if you fired a flaregun into it.Originally posted by AtWIt's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. www.areyoupopular.mobiComment
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Its almost always empty - if its not then I just continue driving, I can only have problems IF hard shoulder is not empty AND someone in right lane gets problems, probability of these TWO events are next to zero, thankfully because drivers in this country are civilised and don't even use hard shoulder when everyone is stuck in jam, in Russia hard shoulders are used like all the time, very bad.Originally posted by oraclesmithComment
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Wanking and driving are not recommended in the same way as using the mobile phone while driving.Originally posted by AtWIf you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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used to pick my nose and drive, but airbags put me off that.Originally posted by hyperDComment
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Originally posted by zeitghostTouching one's girlfriend up whilst driving is not recommended either...
When you pull your fingers out to change gear, the gear knob gets... well, you know...
And off to LR in 5,4,3,.....Comment
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Originally posted by AtW
Ah yeah, the probability may be less but the severity will be much more. If you have engine failure travelling at 60 you will still be travelling at 50 when you hit the Artic parked up in the hard shoulder - and of course you will be nearest to the impact. If something shunts you up the rear as you swerve into the outside lane then it's going to be maybe a 20mph impact and you will be furthest from the impact point. Also if you get shunted the car behind you protects you from further impact, which certainly doesn't happen if you hit something stationary.
Ergo.. it is always better to have a shunt in the rear.It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. www.areyoupopular.mobiComment
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Originally posted by oraclesmith
As can be shown in this 1970's Government Advanced Driving videoIf you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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Did you see what I said? This event would require TWO very unlikely events to happen at the same time! Say if probability of engine failure in my car is 0.001 (assumed), and probability of car being on hard shoulder in exactly same spot is 0.001 (also assumed), then probability of BOTH events occuring at the same time is... 0.001 * 0.001 = 0.000001Originally posted by oraclesmith
Lets suppose probability of engine failure is 1 - it will certainly fail, then at 60 mph I will need around 50 meters to stop the car. When I drive on motorway I usually see car on hard shoulder no more often than 10 miles, which is 16000 meters, so, its 50/16000 or probability of 0.003125 that a car will be on hard shoulder when my engine failed.
Now what are the chance of (good diesel) engines failure? Lets generously say that 1 out of 100 such engines fail, so overall probability is 0.01 * 0.003125 or 0.00003125, which is 1 in 32,000 journeys or 16,000 days without such risk (assuming two jouirneys per day), which is 44 years.
Now the engine's failure probability is IMO much less than 0.01, do the math yourself to see its even less likely.
More importantly - its all relative, where would you prefer your engine to fail - in high speed lane or next to the hard shoulder? In case of high speed lane it would mean that you have high speed cars around you, so probabilty of a car hit is almost certain instead of 0.003125.Comment
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