Runaway by Houston.

Saw a fascinating article in Smithsonian Air and Space magazine (I think) which basically outlined that the inverted roll thing would have never worked in a real runaway jack screw trim failure (which is what killed all the unfortunate people on that Alaska Airlines Flight).

Still, a great movie scene once you suspend your disbelief.

Runaway crane, never coming back...

So there's a good way to do a runaway snowmobile after a trick jump?

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'Can Be Bloody SCARY Stuff' to 'diesel, truck, starting, runaway, gmc 650' - edited by xxovercastxx

From Wikipedia
Diesel engine runaway is a rare condition affecting diesel engines, where the engine goes out of control, consuming its own lubrication oil and running at higher and higher RPM until it overspeeds to a point where it destroys itself either due to mechanical failure or engine seizure through lack of lubrication. For instance, a 1800 rpm engine can run to 4000 or 5000 rpm or beyond.
Several ways to stop a runaway diesel engine are to block off the air intake, either physically using a cover or plug, or alternatively by directing a CO2 fire extinguisher into the air intake to smother the engine.[

Well, cut throat razors and a runaway imagination don't mix well, so I'll pass on this one for now.

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HAHA! That's awesome...I was correct on accident I suppose. Or I knew that all along...>> ^Ryjkyj:

>> ^rottenseed:
I don't moderate my channel. The irony is that it's the "law" channel.
[edit] is that irony?

I think in this case, you're dead on:

"Irony deals with opposites; it has nothing to do with coincidence. If two baseball players from the same hometown, on different teams, receive the same uniform number, it is not ironic. It is a coincidence. If Barry Bonds attains lifetime statistics identical to his father’s it will not be ironic. It will be a coincidence. Irony is “a state of affairs that is the reverse of what was to be expected; a result opposite to and in mockery of the appropriate result.” For instance:
If a diabetic, on his way to buy insulin, is killed by a runaway truck, he is the victim of an accident. If the truck was delivering sugar, he is the victim of an oddly poetic coincidence. But if the truck was delivering insulin, ah! Then he is the victim of an irony.
If a Kurd, after surviving bloody battle with Saddam Hussein’s army and a long, difficult escape through the mountains, is crushed and killed by a parachute drop of humanitarian aid, that, my friend, is irony writ large.
Darryl Stingley, the pro football player, was paralyzed after a brutal hit by Jack Tatum. Now Darryl Stingley’s son plays football, and if the son should become paralyzed while playing, it will not be ironic. It will be coincidental. If Darryl Stingley’s son paralyzes someone else, that will be closer to ironic. If he paralyzes Jack Tatum’s son that will be precisely ironic."
- Baba Ram Carlin

>> ^rottenseed:

I don't moderate my channel. The irony is that it's the "law" channel.

[edit] is that irony?


I think in this case, you're dead on:

"Irony deals with opposites; it has nothing to do with coincidence. If two baseball players from the same hometown, on different teams, receive the same uniform number, it is not ironic. It is a coincidence. If Barry Bonds attains lifetime statistics identical to his father’s it will not be ironic. It will be a coincidence. Irony is “a state of affairs that is the reverse of what was to be expected; a result opposite to and in mockery of the appropriate result.” For instance:

If a diabetic, on his way to buy insulin, is killed by a runaway truck, he is the victim of an accident. If the truck was delivering sugar, he is the victim of an oddly poetic coincidence. But if the truck was delivering insulin, ah! Then he is the victim of an irony.
If a Kurd, after surviving bloody battle with Saddam Hussein’s army and a long, difficult escape through the mountains, is crushed and killed by a parachute drop of humanitarian aid, that, my friend, is irony writ large.
Darryl Stingley, the pro football player, was paralyzed after a brutal hit by Jack Tatum. Now Darryl Stingley’s son plays football, and if the son should become paralyzed while playing, it will not be ironic. It will be coincidental. If Darryl Stingley’s son paralyzes someone else, that will be closer to ironic. If he paralyzes Jack Tatum’s son that will be precisely ironic."

- Baba Ram Carlin

>> ^robdot:

there isnt a car made in the world where the engine can overpower the brakes. every one of these runaway car stories is bull shit.


What, new brakes or old brakes? This sounds like bollocks to me. The quality of the engine is not linked to the quality of the brakes so there's no way to know that for sure.

However i don't understand how a car can be in neutral and still be driving. When i put my (manual) car in neutral, the clutch plate is disengaged, there's no driving force connected to the wheels. I wouldn't know much about manuals, but if it went into "neutral" and was still driving then the gears must have been showing wrong?

there isnt a car made in the world where the engine can overpower the brakes. every one of these runaway car stories is bull shit.

Heh reminds me of the 1997 movie Runaway car, where this car wouldnt go into neutral or turn off. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/runaway-car/