I've always wondered about the people on this ng that calmly explain that, when crashing, time slows down for them to plan exactly how to fall to minimise injuries. On the odd occasion that I've crashed i have time only to say "f-" before I hit the ground. Hopefully the programme below will tell us how to slow time when we crash, but stop this mysterious slowing when clothes shopping with wife/girlfriend:
Time Machine, BBC 1 today (Sunday) 2000 - 2100 Last of three programmes warping time to show the world as never before discusses time travel and its likelihood. It looks at how time 'slows down' in moments of crisis to give us vital extra moments and the way our internal clock works. Finally, it ponders whether we could buy more time and live longer, and links the secret of eternal life to a worm.
I've always wondered about the people on this ng that calmly explain that, when crashing, time slows down for them to plan exactly how to fall to minimise injuries. On the odd occasion that I've crashed i have time only to say "f-" before I hit the ground. Hopefully the programme below will tell us how to slow time when we crash, but stop this mysterious slowing when clothes shopping with wife/girlfriend:
Time Machine, BBC 1 today (Sunday) 2000 - 2100 Last of three programmes warping time to show the world as never before discusses time travel and its likelihood. It looks at how time 'slows down' in moments of crisis to give us vital extra moments and the way our internal clock works. Finally, it ponders whether we could buy more time and live longer, and links the secret of eternal life to a worm.
You don't plan. That's what reflexes and instincts are for ;-)
When I was a kid we used to practise jumping off our bikes at speed (well, it was something to do). The trick is to get well clear of the bike and do something like a parachutist's roll to dissipate the speed. Obviously we did this on a grassy area - road rash is inevitable on tarmac, however good you are at rolling.
I've always wondered about the people on this ng that calmly explain that, when crashing, time slows down for them to plan exactly how to fall to minimise injuries. On the odd occasion that I've crashed i have time only to say "f-" before I hit the ground. Hopefully the programme below will tell us how to slow time when we crash, but stop this mysterious slowing when clothes shopping with wife/girlfriend:
Time Machine, BBC 1 today (Sunday) 2000 - 2100 Last of three programmes warping time to show the world as never before discusses time travel and its likelihood. It looks at how time 'slows down' in moments of crisis to give us vital extra moments and the way our internal clock works. Finally, it ponders whether we could buy more time and live longer, and links the secret of eternal life to a worm.
The last serious accident I had (hit side on by a car a couple of years ago) I didn't notice time slowing or seeing in black and white. All I remember from when I first saw the car was thinking - this is going to hurt. The next thing I remember was me lying on the road and wondering where my bike was. -- Mark
I've always wondered about the people on this ng that calmly explain that, when crashing, time slows down for them to plan exactly how to fall to minimise injuries. On the odd occasion that I've crashed i have time only to say "f-" before I hit the ground. Hopefully the programme below will tell us how to slow time when we crash, but stop this mysterious slowing when clothes shopping with wife/girlfriend:
Time Machine, BBC 1 today (Sunday) 2000 - 2100 Last of three programmes warping time to show the world as never before discusses time travel and its likelihood. It looks at how time 'slows down' in moments of crisis to give us vital extra moments and the way our internal clock works. Finally, it ponders whether we could buy more time and live longer, and links the secret of eternal life to a worm.
The last serious accident I had (hit side on by a car a couple of years ago) I didn't notice time slowing or seeing in black and white. All I remember from when I first saw the car was thinking - this is going to hurt. The next thing I remember was me lying on the road and wondering where my bike was.
I've never noticed time slowing when I've come off the bike, but I definitely did notice it when I was a boy aged 10 during WWII and a Hurricane crashed on the school sports field, killing a number of boys. I was standing about 200 yards from the crash and a piece of the plane came flying towards me. It hit a boy standing next to me and broke his leg. The whole crash seemed to occur in slow motion and I remember the piece of metal floating quite slowly through the air until it hit my friend.
Anthony
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I've always wondered about the people on this ng that calmly explain that, when crashing, time slows down for them to plan exactly how to fall to minimise injuries. On the odd occasion that I've crashed i have time only to say "f-" before I hit the ground. Hopefully the programme below will tell us how to slow time when we crash, but stop this mysterious slowing when clothes shopping with wife/girlfriend:
Many people on this ng have a much easier time-slowing facility available to them. It is called a "turbo trainer", and when you've done about 3 hours hard work on one you get off to find it's 15 minutes after you started. This is easier to experiment with than crashing as well, though it's not so much it hurts /less/ as just /differently/...
Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
It's the anticpation that takes time. You know you're going to fall off ... but when?
Antici
pation. My last one was like that; I knew I was going to come off, but had what felt like plenty of time to review the three options:
o try to stay on the track (result: go down on tarmac at 30 mph) o continue on present line (result: fly off track, mow down spectators) o straighten up, go off track immediately, go down hope I stop before hitting the tyre wall
I chose 3, which was the right one. The previous race exit experience, though, was more like "Bang, WTF was THAT?" - the bang being the sound of Larrington contacting tarmac at about 35 mph :-(
Quoted message said:
Once the actual crash has started "f-" is about all you can say.
I've always wondered about the people on this ng that calmly explain that, when crashing, time slows down for them to plan exactly how to fall to minimise injuries. On the odd occasion that I've crashed i have time only to say "f-" before I hit the ground. Hopefully the programme below will tell us how to slow time when we crash, but stop this mysterious slowing when clothes shopping with wife/girlfriend:
It's the anticpation that takes time. You know you're going to fall off ... but when?
Once the actual crash has started "f-" is about all you can say.
