[TheForge] OT - The science of driving.

Andy Vida [email protected]
Tue Jan 20 14:02:59 2004


Thius just sparked an idea... if you could get the SHOOLS to buy 
into this... all those teens with their little booklets...  you
could retire very comfortably.

George Dixon wrote:
> 
> I like the idea.
> 
> As I told my kids when they started to drive...
> No matter how badly you want to stay on the road, beyond a certain
> speed, a curve and physics win the argument every time.
> 
> This reality coupled with the lag of braking technology relative to the
> speed and weight of a vehicle, is why an 80mph commute in Philly was
> always so much excitement.....
> 
> My one-step commute today is almost too tame.
> G Dixon