Alternatives to flying

[hyperD]

More importantly - its all relative, where would you prefer your engine to fail - in high speed lane or next to the hard shoulder?

3000ft above Farnborough Military Aerodrome Traffic Zone

[oraclesmith]

Aha. You said ...you need 50 metres to stop the car. Our survey said... DON'T stop the car.

Glide on and gently come to a rest in several hundred metres, thus allowing the faster cars all around you to take the necessary action. If you always brake when you get into trouble then by my calculations you will be 17.2 times more likely to be involved in a car accident involving more than one vehicle on a weekday. On a Friday afternoon it will be 19.4 times more likely.

[AtW]

Aha. You said ...you need 50 metres to stop the car. Our survey said... DON'T stop the car.

Stop picking at words - my scenario assumed there is someone on the hard shoulder, in which case I would want to stop before that car. Your suggestion applies to breaking on normal lane, in which case indeed you should not be trying to STOP ASAP because cars behind you will hit you

[expat]

Come on, one more firm push and it'll go to LR......

[chef]

Alexei,

I've never met anyone as paranoid as you.. I figure that at some point were all gonna die and so rather than wasting that time being paranoid about what may or may not get me I'd rather just think "when my time comes it comes", good old DEATH is very busy these days, doesnt even have time to take off the caps lock key in pratchett's books..

If you fancy having a dice with death, take a trip over to good old Hanoi, Vietnam, rent yourself a push bike and go for a tour round town at rush hour. Far better adrenaline rush than any Alton Towers ride I tell ya.. If that doesnt get your palms sweaty then just try and cross the road near the 8 lane bit by the opera house. It's far easier doing it with your eyes closed, the mopeds just go round you..

Chef

[expat]

If you fancy having a dice with death, take a trip over to good old Hanoi, Vietnam, rent yourself a push bike and go for a tour round town at rush hour.

I have cycled round the Arc de Triomphe.




OK, on the pavement

[AtW]

No engine (battery shorted out), no wipers, so immediately almost blind & overtaking something...

But if you were in the slow lane then you would just cooly move over to the hard shoulder and everything would be very safe.

[PRC1964]

I thought contractors were risk takers.

FFS, if you need to get a plane, get one. Don't piss away your life worrying about things that might happen. You might as well lock yourself away like Howard Hughes.

AtW, you should get a caravan. You could save money on rent, have the added safety of a caravan behind you to shield you from anyone rear-ending you, AND we would still visit you when you start posting on the 'van sites.

[chef]

or you could just "hit the brakes and they'll fly right by".. it worked for Tom

[chef]

"And I wasn't expecting the friggin' starter motor to fall out either..."



fantastic...

definately time for some new underwear after that episode, either that or if you have passengers a simple "errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" usually does the trick .. universal language for "we is fooked"