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I learned from a coworker that some lady did a Dukes of Hazard style leap with her car about 45 minutes previous to my passing through that area. She spun around 180 and was going 70mph backwards. She hit a snow pile and launched air born. She landed on top of another snow pile. She was okay, but I bet she needed to change her shorts. She was going southbound and nearly went into the northbound lanes during this. She is very lucky how her flight ended.
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@Fast-Nop My perception of time at the point of noticing my antilocks were engaged is suspect. I really have no idea what the details were. Adrenaline may have been involved.
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@Fast-Nop Lets say my decel time was 5 seconds. How slick is that?
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@Demolishun Let's say v is the speed, t is time, a acceleration, and g is the earth's gravity acceleration.
v1 = 50mph = 80km/h = 22.2m/s
v2 = 40mph = 64km/h = 17.8m/s
Since a = dv/dt, and assuming constant deceleration, we have:
a = (22.2m/s - 17.8m/s)/5s = 0.88 m/s^2.
Given that g = 9.81m/s^2, the friction coefficient is:
µ = a / g = 0.09.
That would be a typical range for ice on the road, i.e. "really fucking slick". -
@electrineer it's rather like this:
Winter tires: *exist*
Amuricans:
But not bad for the first attempt, mate. You're really good at it.
Math is hard.
When you wanted to know deep learning immediately
:)) finally a good answer
Was driving home last night when I noticed that my car was slowly drifting side to side. It felt weird like when a tire is low/flat. So I gradually slowed down from 50mph to 40mph. Note, I did this carefully and slowly. My antilock brakes kicked in. Like holy hell how slick does a road have to be for a small deceleration like that to kick in antilocks?
So it made me think of a math question:
If a typically sized sedan (weighing 2 tons) decelerates from 50mph to 40mph and the antilock brakes kick in, what it the frictional coefficient of the surface of the road? Also assuming typical non-bald all season tires.
Multiple choice:
a) slick
b) really slick
c) REALLY FUCKING SLICK!
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