StressedDave wrote:Astraist wrote:Dave, I think Dave ( ) meant that the driver would possibly be able of ducking under the dashboard line to avoid the impact, had he not fastened the seatbelt.
My thinking is that moving the body in such a way cannot go without some movement in the steering, not to mention that the car might as well deviate due to the blow itself.
This in turn might as well lead to an impact with other road users and/or the scenery which, without the seatbelt, would be just as severe...
And I have yet to encounter such a reaction before a collision...
I knew what he meant, but the reality of such a situation is that the lump of cast iron is ejected rearwards shrinking still further the time available to observe, perceive, react and physically move out of the way. In other words you get about as far as 'Wh' in 'What the f$ck' before you redecorate the car interior.
StressedDave wrote:the reality of such a situation is that the lump of cast iron is ejected rearwards shrinking still further the time available to observe, perceive, react and physically move out of the way. In other words you get about as far as 'Wh' in 'What the f$ck' before you redecorate the car interior.
vonhosen wrote:StressedDave wrote:Astraist wrote:Dave, I think Dave ( ) meant that the driver would possibly be able of ducking under the dashboard line to avoid the impact, had he not fastened the seatbelt.
My thinking is that moving the body in such a way cannot go without some movement in the steering, not to mention that the car might as well deviate due to the blow itself.
This in turn might as well lead to an impact with other road users and/or the scenery which, without the seatbelt, would be just as severe...
And I have yet to encounter such a reaction before a collision...
I knew what he meant, but the reality of such a situation is that the lump of cast iron is ejected rearwards shrinking still further the time available to observe, perceive, react and physically move out of the way. In other words you get about as far as 'Wh' in 'What the f$ck' before you redecorate the car interior.
I don't think you've met an old sage quite like 'Qui-Gon Dave' before!!
Astraist wrote:StressedDave wrote:the reality of such a situation is that the lump of cast iron is ejected rearwards shrinking still further the time available to observe, perceive, react and physically move out of the way. In other words you get about as far as 'Wh' in 'What the f$ck' before you redecorate the car interior.
It is indeed moving backwards, or rather simply thrown upwards as to be picked up by the following driver's windshield?
TheInsanity1234 wrote:So presumably, the ideal solution to avoiding the unwanted issue of a big lump of something or other through your windscreen is to maintain an extremely generous following distance so that any sizeable lump might be thrown up, then fall back down before you reach it, or to position yourself behind the car in front in such a way that your tyre tracks are nowhere near the tyre tracks of the vehicle in front (i.e, drive along in the leftmost possible position in your lane if the car in front is shifted to the right).
Or just drive so closely that any projectiles would hit the radiator grille/underside of the car instead of through the windscreen
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