Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]
Discussion
captain_cynic said:
MartG said:
steveo3002 said:
at what weight do fattys need to spec special bog seats and baths etc
Asking for a friend ? glazbagun said:
Do the military still use shields? Watching the latest avengers (and the old Star wars prequels) where they use fancy "energy shields" to protect them from sci-fi weqpons, I wondered if it happens in the real world too.
Riot police clearly still use them when faced with thrown objects, and I think Swat teams may use them- are there battlefield ballistic versions too?
Not as far as I'm aware as separate shield, but the body armour is a bit like it. The front armour plate covers pretty much the whole torso. Look up Stephen Tschiderer on youtube, there's a video from the mate of the sniper that shot him in the chest from about 100 yards with a 7.62 sniper rifle, he got back up and directed his team to where the shot came from.Riot police clearly still use them when faced with thrown objects, and I think Swat teams may use them- are there battlefield ballistic versions too?
Riot police in some countries do use shields a lot more advanced than a simple bit of polycarbonate to stop a brick though, the Indians developed an armoured golf buggy with fold out shields after the Mumbai attack, so they can advance up a building corridor with relatively good protection.
littleredrooster said:
A rather mundane one, I'm afraid.
On a van with a tail-lift, what are the bits of flappy plastic for about two-thirds of the way up the underside of the lift platform? They've all got them...
Aren't they to hang down and provide a greater visual clue that the tail lift is folded down, so you're less likely to drive into it?On a van with a tail-lift, what are the bits of flappy plastic for about two-thirds of the way up the underside of the lift platform? They've all got them...
That's what did for Maria De Villota?
Is there a list of safety cars used in racing events? My powers of google are coming up with nothing.
I very briefly saw the 2002 Le Mans safety car on motorsport tv when I woke up on the couch last night
It was silver and looked like a long coupé type thing, the only thing I could think it would be was a Honda Legend but the shape that matches seems too old for a 2002 race.
Will probably have to hand in my PH car when what it actually is is revealed!
I very briefly saw the 2002 Le Mans safety car on motorsport tv when I woke up on the couch last night
It was silver and looked like a long coupé type thing, the only thing I could think it would be was a Honda Legend but the shape that matches seems too old for a 2002 race.
Will probably have to hand in my PH car when what it actually is is revealed!
Hmm could be but I thought the cockpit was too far forwards to be a Corvette, you briefly see the arse of it in the grainy distance of this highlight video
https://youtu.be/ZFK6VVPsSFw?t=28m3s
https://youtu.be/ZFK6VVPsSFw?t=28m3s
TommoAE86 said:
Hmm could be but I thought the cockpit was too far forwards to be a Corvette, you briefly see the arse of it in the grainy distance of this highlight video
https://youtu.be/ZFK6VVPsSFw?t=28m3s
Cadillac of some sort, I think?https://youtu.be/ZFK6VVPsSFw?t=28m3s
Tony Angelino said:
When driving, do you have a 'duty of care' or similar to try and avoid an accident? Often either on my way to or from work I see a car nosing out of a junction/driving over the white line/pulling out infront of somebody at a junction and have to slow down or stop to avoid driving into them, if I was so inclined and I just drove straight into them despite it being their fault for breaking the Highway Code would I be at fault for doing it on purpose?
You probably need to brush up on the highway code. The introduction to the general rules section states quite clearly:“Always give way if it can help to avoid an incident.”
RizzoTheRat said:
glazbagun said:
Do the military still use shields? Watching the latest avengers (and the old Star wars prequels) where they use fancy "energy shields" to protect them from sci-fi weqpons, I wondered if it happens in the real world too.
Riot police clearly still use them when faced with thrown objects, and I think Swat teams may use them- are there battlefield ballistic versions too?
Not as far as I'm aware as separate shield, but the body armour is a bit like it. The front armour plate covers pretty much the whole torso. Look up Stephen Tschiderer on youtube, there's a video from the mate of the sniper that shot him in the chest from about 100 yards with a 7.62 sniper rifle, he got back up and directed his team to where the shot came from.Riot police clearly still use them when faced with thrown objects, and I think Swat teams may use them- are there battlefield ballistic versions too?
Riot police in some countries do use shields a lot more advanced than a simple bit of polycarbonate to stop a brick though, the Indians developed an armoured golf buggy with fold out shields after the Mumbai attack, so they can advance up a building corridor with relatively good protection.
Then we got to the sniper rifle, which was a PSG-90 a modification of the British design, using tungsten carbide sabot rounds. The sabot is said to reduce accuracy in one way but increases it in others due to reduced flight time so less need for wind and movement adjustments. Anyway all going swimmingly until we loosed this thing off, there was just a stunned silence. Essentially this armour piercing round just spalled a huge scab off the back of the plates and rammed it right through the ballistic gel. Carnage doesn't describe it.
Moonhawk said:
Tony Angelino said:
When driving, do you have a 'duty of care' or similar to try and avoid an accident? Often either on my way to or from work I see a car nosing out of a junction/driving over the white line/pulling out infront of somebody at a junction and have to slow down or stop to avoid driving into them, if I was so inclined and I just drove straight into them despite it being their fault for breaking the Highway Code would I be at fault for doing it on purpose?
You probably need to brush up on the highway code. The introduction to the general rules section states quite clearly:“Always give way if it can help to avoid an incident.”
Looking to the right, traffic was approaching, but at least 150 metres from me, so I edged forward, looking to my left, for a gap in the traffic.
A police patrol car was coming toward me, indicating a right, into the street I was coming out of, he slowed, and flashed his lights, (this was daytime).
The first car coming from my right, read the situation, and slowed to a halt.
I raised my hand to him in thanks, and started to complete the right turn, when a Lotus Elan overtook the car that had stopped to my right, and collided with my f/o/s wheel, dislodging the hub cap, and leaving a little bit of his paint on my wheel arch.
The middle aged driver got out and began to remonstrate with me, using the usual, “You cab drivers think you own the road”, garbage, when one of the cops in the patrol car came up, and said to me, “Pull over to the left, I’ll give you my details, and act as your witness, after I’ve nicked this berk.”
My passenger, an elderly Austrian guy, gave me his details too.
The upshot was, my insurers sorted it out, I had the wing resprayed, and a new hub cap, plus two days loss of earnings reimbursed.
I don’t know what happened to the Lotus driver, presumably a charge of driving without due care.
48k said:
littleredrooster said:
A rather mundane one, I'm afraid.
On a van with a tail-lift, what are the bits of flappy plastic for about two-thirds of the way up the underside of the lift platform? They've all got them...
The marker flags?On a van with a tail-lift, what are the bits of flappy plastic for about two-thirds of the way up the underside of the lift platform? They've all got them...
So they're just to provide additional warning of the flat platform being down? Makes sense, s'pose!
littleredrooster said:
Aye - they're the ones.
So they're just to provide additional warning of the flat platform being down? Makes sense, s'pose!
Maria Di Villota didn't see a horizontal tail-lift platform that had been left half-way down and drove into it at head height. Horrible, horrible accident.So they're just to provide additional warning of the flat platform being down? Makes sense, s'pose!
Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff