XPost: misc.survivalism, can.politics, soc.women   
   From: Leftardsaredesperate@loosers.com   
      
   "Alan Baker"  wrote in message   
   news:m7k98v$dtv$1@news.datemas.de...   
   > On 2014-12-26 07:17:59 +0000, The Real Bev said:   
   >   
   >> On 12/25/2014 12:28 PM, Frank wrote:   
   >>> On 12/25/2014 12:24 PM, M i g h t y W a n n a b e HXXCAI5J wrote:   
   >>>> The Real Bev wrote on 2014-12-24 11:41 PM:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> A motorcycle can stop faster than a car, so the guy must not have been   
   >>>>> paying attention.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That was a full-fledged highway the dumb broad stopped on. A motorcycle   
   >>>> can never stop fast enough if the car ahead suddenly jam on the brakes   
   >>>> at 100km/hr.   
   >>   
   >> A car can stop faster than a truck.   
   >   
   > Usually true.   
   >   
   >>   A motorcycle can stop faster than a car.   
   >   
   > Sorry, but that's just not correct.   
   >   
   > While some very capable sport bikes on good tires may be able to   
   > THEORETICALLY stop faster than some cars:   
   >   
   > 1. It is certainly not true as a blanket statement about their   
   > capabilities. One of the major factors influencing maximum braking effort   
   > is weight transfer. The more weight transferred from rear to front, the   
   > less maximum grip the tires can provide. Bikes have higher ratios for C.G   
   > height to wheelbase than cars and so transfer a greater percentage of   
   > their weight onto the front wheel. So pick a like for like comparison   
   > (sport bike vs sports car) on similar tires and the car is going to be   
   > able to brake to a stop in less distance.   
   >   
   > 2. Actually wringing the most braking out of a bike is far, FAR harder   
   > than doing the same on a car.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >>   If a smaller vehicle crashes into the larger vehicle in front thereof,   
   >> the driver of the smaller vehicle was NOT paying sufficient attention.   
   >> If the woman was stopped in a place where she couldn't be seen from the   
   >> rear in time for the motorcycle to stop, she was doubly stupid.   
   >>   
   >>> Usually don't agree with you but do this time.   
   >>> Motorcycle can stop faster but reaction time would be the same and stop   
   >>> was probably completely unexpected.   
   >>   
   >> I think the MC driver's error is irrelevant;  stopping on a freeway --   
   >> especially in the fast lane -- for any reason beyond mechanical failure   
   >> is so stupid that the woman should have been executed on the spot.  I saw   
   >> something like that happen in the slow lane once -- the idiot came to a   
   >> complete stop to let someone in from the on-ramp.  Normal freeway   
   >> traffic, no reason to even slow down for the entering car, much less   
   >> stop.  There's just never an armed road-rager around when you need one   
   >> :-(   
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