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Autocar- Why Formula Offroad Is The Most Extreme Motorsport
ChaosEngineI don't understand the presenter.
I literally cannot fathom how (if you were at all into driving) you could watch that and turn down the opportunity to drive in one.
Craziest police chase! Karma is a bit**!
ChaosEngineWhat a fucking idiot. Leaving aside the unbelievable stupidity and utter disregard for other road users, the moron wasn't even wearing leathers.
Hope he gets jailtime.
Unbelievable save at the Isle of Man TT 2017
ChaosEngineC'mon... it's not THAT bad!
I mean, look at the thumbnail; there's all that padding along those stones that you're going past at over 200kph....
oh wait.....
God that race is nuts.
Effective guardrail is effective.
ChaosEngineI don't mind if the first one is at full speed and then in slo-mo, but yeah, this was total overkill.
What is it with all these short videos that MUST BE repeated over and over again?
It only needs to be there one time, we have rewind!!
Just noticing the new VERY ANNOYING trend.
Effective guardrail is effective.
ChaosEngineD'oh!!! You're totally right.
@AeroMechanical, my apologies... I completely failed to see the keyword "drop" in the sentence "In a passenger car that DROP probably have maimed or killed the occupants." (emphasis mine).
In which case, I completely agree. A race car would have a roll cage, but a passenger car would be seriously kerfuckelled.
Let that be a lesson, kids; don't comment on things before your first coffee.
If im reading this right you guys are talking about two different things. You about hitting the guardrail and him about actually plunging over the edge.
Effective guardrail is effective.
ChaosEngineedit: I'm an idiot. See @eric3579's comment.
How so? First up, a passenger car wouldn't be travelling nearly as fast (or at least, you'd hope not).
Second, many modern passenger cars have side impact beams and curtain airbags.
You'd probably get injured, but I think you'd have to be pretty unlucky to be "maimed or killed".
And that guardrail is functioning exactly as designed. The connections to the ground are designed to break, but the rail itself acts like a giant rubber band. *engineering
In a passenger car that drop would probably have maimed or killed the occupants. In a race car they probably would have been alright.
newtboy
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ChaosEngineIt depends on the kiwis you meet.
In general, kiwis are a bit like the Irish in that they won't swear at you, but will swear with you.
You'd have to be a real asshole to get your average kiwi to be aggressive towards you, but there are plenty of them who will happily swear like a trooper in general conversation.
An example
https://www.facebook.com/thomas.barrettwalker/videos/559204527613940/
Ha!
I'm just going by my limited experience from the 80's when I spent 2 weeks there. At one point we went to a public hot spring that had cement pools that the water cascaded down, making what looked like a giant set of stairs going down a hillside. Some kids were there, playing in a few by throwing small rocks back and forth. At one point, a 14+- year old boy stood up, and in a calm measured tone said "Excuse me. I would appreciate it if you would stop throwing stones."...and they did. We fell over laughing, knowing that an American teen has never once in all recorded history been so polite and adult when dealing with other kids, nor would American kids respond by stopping.
We didn't meet a single rude kiwi.
Red Bull Racing - Formula One Pit Stop Explained
ChaosEngine"every one of these guys makes a huge contribution"
I dunno, I feel like the guys changing the wheels are doing a lot more than the dude who just stands at the front doing nothing...
Evolution of Formula 1 racing games 1976-2015...
ChaosEngineYou really start to see the law of diminishing returns kick in after 2009.
Zawash
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ChaosEngineThanks!
And *promote
Mordhaus
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ChaosEngineCheers, that's very generous!
congrats on red!
oritteropo
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ChaosEngineThanks dude
Congrats on the shiny ruby star
Frank Kelly - Fast, Sideways and Mental 2
ChaosEnginewhat's the big deal? This is how everyone drives in rural Ireland... all the damn time.
You should have seen my school bus!
newtboy
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ChaosEnginenp, figured you'd meant to reply on the thread
Oops...no....did I? My mistake...I'll cut and paste to the thread.
newtboy
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ChaosEnginedid you mean to reply on my profile?
Yes, but that service was over. She was continuing to sit in his car, but was not going to pay more money for his time she was using. Even if he wasn't at her destination, once he said 'get out', it's over, she's trespassing, service or no. She has every right to complain, but not to remain.
Really? Someone needs mind control to get you irate? I guess we aren't being serious anymore.
If a customer is rude and abusing the service, and refuses a calm request to leave, things are going to escalate. She should be glad they didn't escalate physically, because while that would certainly be wrong of him, it would not be totally unexpected. Her demeanor was designed to provoke....I know it well, it was my mother's MO in any argument. Get you flustered, then poke you in a calm, soothing voice.
I agree, in a perfect world, people never piss other people off to that extent where they completely lose their shit like he did. This is FAR from a perfect world, and some people see it as their reason for existence, and a form of entertainment, to drive people over the edge. Others do it, then turn on their camera to film the results and claim they're the victim. I think that's more than likely the case here.
I've also dealt with people acting worse than he was (we have no idea how bad she was before she started filming his reaction and she started being oddly calm) and not lost it....and I've dealt with people acting as aggravatingly as possible, but calmly, and completely blown a fuse, like when my neighbor calmly climbed over my fence and cut my trees down.
Yes, calling the cops is the right idea, but not necessarily useful. In many places, they would never respond to that call and would tell him so....then what?
I would bet $5 that the video starting 5 minutes earlier WOULD excuse his behavior. I might lose that bet, but it only makes sense to me. He wouldn't be an Uber driver long if he acted that way normally....and he's probably not one now.