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Just to throw the cat among the pigeons...
Holden is Awestralyn mate.
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That you can or can't go faster then the speed of light?
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10-11-2010, 01:45 AM | #93 | |||
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10-11-2010, 01:49 AM | #94 | |||
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example You travelling on a train moving at a velocity of 30kph, throw a ball directly ahead, which you see to be moving at a velocity of 30kph. To an outside, stationary, witness viewing the train at a perpendicular angle, they will see said ball travelling at a velocity of 60kph. 30 + 30 = 60, even though you, on the train, only measure the ball at 30kph, because in your eyes, your frame of reference (the train) is stationary- that is, if you are not measuring it's movement off ANOTHER external frame of reference. Ie, the witness viewing the train!
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Threads in the pub are full of useful information!
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10-11-2010, 02:38 AM | #96 | |||
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Misconception: university is for teaching (its for learning)
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10-11-2010, 07:59 AM | #98 | |||
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10-11-2010, 08:02 AM | #99 | |||
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I told you, I am not biting on such inflammatory comments. Anyway I have an F6 now, Boss's are slow and handle like crap I was just kidding everyone
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2 cars having a head on at 100km/h will create the impact forces of 200km/h.
Apparently each car will only feel the impact of 100km/h. Heard they tested it on myth busters. No idea how it works though. Never looked into it. |
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10-11-2010, 09:56 AM | #101 | |||
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This was done to death on a 16 page thread a while ago. It seems the effect for each car would be as if they had hit a stationary and immovable object at 100 km/h. That is provided that both cars had precisely the same velocity, mass and structural features.
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another misconception :
a pursuit commo with a "cop chip" goes faster than the mach 5 and no bites on my other one, maybe I didnt need the bomb shelter afterall
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10-11-2010, 04:33 PM | #104 | ||
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Misconception is the Smart for two cars are really Smart!!
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A car with a Holden badge on it must mean it's built in Australia.
So many more misconceptions, but they're not car related. Could a similar thread be created in The Bar section? |
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10-11-2010, 05:28 PM | #106 | |||
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it's like the story of the grain of rice on the first square of a chess board. 2 on the next square, 4 on the next , 16 on the next, etc. Basically you run out of rice on earth to fill the last square...
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10-11-2010, 08:18 PM | #107 | |||
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Which has been around and known for years, I'm not aware of any theories to disprove Einstein conclusively, hence my confusion at his point. I thought it was fairly common knowledge that you can't obtain a velocity above the speed of light so is he saying you can or can't??
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There was a case in the news here a couple of years ago. a woman entered a roundabout, a speeding vehicle entered to her right after her and they collided. the court found her in the wrong as she should have given way to her right, even though the other driver was speeding. it apparently took her 2 appeals to have that verdict changed and to have herself cleared. The rules are pretty unambiguous. If you enter the roundabout first, you have right of way - since you are then "in the roundabout" and anyone else - to the right or otherwise must give way to you. Hard to see how they can get that wrong. The point I suppose is the old choice between rights and self-preservation. It is your right to enter if there is a vehicle to the right which hasn't quite reached the roundabout - even if that vehicle is speeding. However you're probably better off waiting and avoiding the hassle of a collision. Unless the right hand side of your car could do with a respray at someone else's expense, then go right ahead and let them run into you - just hope you survive it. also it would usually be pretty clear who was in the right if there was a collision. Someone actually failing to give way to a vehicle already in the roundabout to their right would probably be hit in the front quarter. If they were in first and got hit it would probably be the rear quarter, unless they're going VERY slowly... Quote:
I do think there are way too many people who don't understand roundabouts. I got to one the other day where the other 3 entries to the roundabout had cars all sitting there waiting for each other. the bloke to my left should have gone as I hadn't reached the roundabout yet. I just went through and then they all went on their way. I wondered what might have happened if another person like them had been in my position and had stopped there. They'd be gridlocked. They might have been still there now like those 2 Dr Seuss characters... |
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11-11-2010, 10:51 PM | #109 | |||
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Roundabouts = chicane enter at speed and straightline hitting the apex even if you have to use all the available lanes.
They are not chicanes but some people use them as such.
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Common Misconception: Korea can make cars.
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^The latest range of Hyundai cars strongly disagree with you. Hell even Kia have improved greatly.
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12-11-2010, 01:55 AM | #113 | ||
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Scenario A: You were travelling at 50km/h and you hit a pedestrian Scenario B: 5km/h slower and the pedestrian would have had a bruised leg In Scenario B, the pedestrian would have crossed the road before the driver encountered him/her. Isn't time linear and it doesn't wait for events to happen, unless Road Safety experts believe in 'Fate' and the collision as predestined to happen. In all common sense, the ad should read: 'If the driver was paying more attention to the road than his speedometer, and driving to the conditions, the pedestrian would have arrived home safely'... or better still 'Look left and right before you cross the street'. |
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Daewoo
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12-11-2010, 02:34 AM | #115 | |||
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Can make an iota of difference when a car smashes into a Human Body. Cars and pedestrians don’t mix. We should do everything we can to keep them apart, not penalise motorists. There’s also no point imposing restrictions on cars, when buses and trucks are on the road.
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Ok? That counters what I have said how?
Stating Korea as a whole can't make cars because of one manufacturer is a massive generalisation and has been proven wrong by the two given examples. Very common misconception: Korea can't make cars.
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