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| Thread ID: 104838 | 2009-11-10 00:35:00 | Car or 4WD ? | wmoore (6009) | PC World Chat |
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| 828784 | 2009-11-10 09:32:00 | It is probably a bit safer to stick to the footpath and put up with the odd graze from the lycra loonies. A standard size briefcase makes a useful shield for deflecting cyclists and skateboarders into power poles or rubbish bins, but is no real defense against cars or 4WD's. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 828785 | 2009-11-10 10:06:00 | What about a walking stick thru the spokes of the bike wheel (front wheel preferred) Afterwards they would classed as pedestrians as the pushed their broken bike back home. JUST KIDDING JOHCAR |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 828786 | 2009-11-10 19:48:00 | I thought most of you would say 4WD. But the answer is It depends. I was watching 5th Gear the other night and they placed a dummy in the middle of the track and first they hit it with the 4WD, The Dummy was projected only onto the bonnet and windscreen the bonnet taking most of the impact. With the car the dummy was projected much higher and smashed onto the bonnet or sometimes missed the bonnet and smashed onto the road. The impact looked more dramatic when it was hit by the car. The 4WD did not have bull bars and if it did then it would be a different story. Either way if you get hit it's going to hurt and hurt bad. |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 828787 | 2009-11-11 00:23:00 | What about a walking stick thru the spokes of the bike wheel (front wheel preferred) Afterwards they would classed as pedestrians as the pushed their broken bike back home. JUST KIDDING JOHCAR An element of truth there. I think they should have to pay for use of roads,like the rest of us. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 828788 | 2009-11-14 08:03:00 | May I suggest an academic research project to settle the question. I am sure that I would not be alone in nominating a suitable number of representative targets residing in Wellington, at a place referred to as the Bee Hive, to contribute to this important research. If these people could be volunteered as targets in this study, then for the first time in their lives they could be contributing to something useful, rather than being an extremely expensive overhead for their fellow citizens. |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 828789 | 2009-11-15 01:30:00 | May I suggest an academic research project to settle the question. I am sure that I would not be alone in nominating a suitable number of representative targets residing in Wellington, at a place referred to as the Bee Hive, to contribute to this important research. If these people could be volunteered as targets in this study, then for the first time in their lives they could be contributing to something useful, rather than being an extremely expensive overhead for their fellow citizens. I suggest we just hang Hone-the- BMF with his feet just off the ground and try a series of different vehicle types. I'd recommend starting with a Kenworth at 100kmh as this would result in much less damage to subsequent vehicles. In fact, if his head stayed attached to the rope it would probably pass right over them and they'd only have to hose it down, not go to a panelbeater at all. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 828790 | 2009-11-15 03:14:00 | Sorry KenESmith, politicians would not be suitable subjects for this experiment, as the results would not indicate any chance of brain damage. However, they would make good practise targets for the drivers to get experience on before risking valuable crash dummies. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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