OT: Sens Lounge -The four seasons edition

[mysens]

Best to have people learn the limits of their car at a closed circuit. This is where you learn how to drive and polish your reaction times.

 

[maclean]

I answered, it got deleted

Are you saying that your "stoned teenager" stream-of-consciousness rants are actually an elaborate ploy to skirt the censors? If so, I will look at them with a new appreciation

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

why would you convert 100km/h to ft per second? like, we have the metric system for a reason, damnit...

Some of us grew up using the Imperial system, and lived through the (still ongoing) switch to the metric system.

The switch was less controversial in Quebec than in the rest of Canada, as the Quebecers saw the old system as part of the British heritage, that they viewed negativity. Prime Minister Trudeau alone, had decided on the switch to metric, because of its simplicity and because much of the world was already using that system; and for some reason he thought the United States would also make the switch.
He was wrong, and a lot of us who lived through the switch, use both systems, as the USA is still our largest trading partner.

Yes, most of us are used to parts of the Metric System, such as litres for milk and gas for examples, but we all still use yards on the golf course, and the CFL .

 

[NyQuil]

Yes, most of us are used to parts of the Metric System, such as litres for milk and gas for examples, but we all still use yards on the golf course, and the CFL .

The one that gets me is the use of the metric system for height and weight like in Europe.

2m tall? Is that tall? Seems tall?

You occasionally get asked for it on forms and I'm always using the calculator.

 

[Masked]

The one that gets me is the use of the metric system for height and weight like in Europe.

2m tall? Is that tall? Seems tall?

You occasionally get asked for it on forms and I'm always using the calculator.

Imperial is great for height and weight.

6'+ is tall. Less than 5' is tiny.

Real men are over 200 lbs and adults under 100 lbs are malnourished.

 

[DrEasy]

Imperial is great for height and weight.

6'+ is tall. Less than 5' is tiny.

Real men are over 200 lbs and adults under 100 lbs are malnourished.

TIL I'm not a real man.

 

[jbeck5]

Off to dinner, so I'll keep this short: I have been using publicly available data on driver perception reaction times, used average deceleration speeds on dry road conditions, used math to calculate stopping distances, etc... and otherwise have gone out of my way to use data from available studies.

You keep bringing up F1 and drag racing which are not activities the average person undertakes. So they're irrelevant to the discussion. I suspect you keep doing so to undercut the fact that driver reaction times have a range that can exceed double the average.

Anyways, off I go. I'm happy to live with the knowledge we won't agree.

E: on my way to the LRT and some old dude in a tesla tried to turn right on a fresh green and got halfway into the crosswalk before he realized he f***ed up and almost hit someone.

We do agree though.

You said keeping your speed lower can help you brake in time and lower risks of accidents or injuries.

I never disagreed.

I just added that there are also other factors at play as well as your speed, such as how skilled of a driver you are, and what kind of performance your car has.

We didn't even get into a cars performance for veering out of the way of a crash. Some SUVs will lose control even with a professional driver while some average driver in a coupe could make the manoeuvre effortlessly.


I agree with the other poster who said you should learn your cars limits in a closed circuit or an open empty parking lot. Know how quickly your car accelerates at the limit. Know how quickly your car brakes at the limit. Learn how your abs feels. Learn how your tires handle in snow. Etc. it can only help you to know what your car can and can't do.