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Of course, you should never drive holding someone in your lap (like a child). You will not be strong enough to hold on to them should you have an accident.
by redcap 17y ago
Of course, you should never drive holding someone in your lap (like a child). You will not be strong enough to hold on to them should you have an accident.
- gridspy 17y agoOr to put it another way, could you catch your child if they had fallen 50m (about 7 storeys)? http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=fall+50m http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=fall+50m At the end of that fall, they would be travelling 70mph, as fast as they are travelling in a car. If you were both travelling in a car, and you suddenly stopped, they would continue travelling at that speed.
- Retric 17y agoTrying to hold your child in an accident is not going to work. However the actual situation would more closely resemble trying to catch your child from that height while standing on a trampoline. In an accident you don't instantly decelerate so the difference in speeds between you and what you are holding is not as severe as the absolute speed difference.
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- alayne 17y agoYou shouldn't sit on a small chair in your living room while you drive either. This guy and his family seem terribly confused, like they are living in a metaphor.
- gridspy 17y agoSimply the funniest comment I have ever read on HN! Perhaps they are used to their father's peculiar ways. Perhaps he has telekinesis and vivid daydreams.