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We could build a car which no human being could survive a 100 mile race in today. The human is the limiting factor so we have to limit the technology to what hu

We could build a car which no human being could survive a 100 mile race in today. The human is the limiting factor so we have to limit the technology to what humans (even elite sportsmen) can deal with. There are all kinds of restrictions added to race cars of almost any series, some for commercial reasons (promoting the original vehicle in rallying and touring cars for example), some for financial (generally to keep the price of entry reasonable) and sometimes for safety.

fnimick 4y ago
Relevant XKCD: https://what-if.xkcd.com/116/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/116/
smm11 4y ago
Not at all related, but I watched the various motorcycle jumps of the Caesars Palace fountains the other day. Watching Travis Pastrana jump the fountains on a fairly heavy Indian flat track bike, with modern ramps designed with computer input, and planning rather than seat-of-the-pants go-for-it-ness made it okay, but hardly death-defying. I see guys jump motorcycles furthers on the dunes in Southern California. When EK did it, it was terrifying. Just like F1 was, once upon a time. Now F1 is scary because speeds are up against human reaction. It's inevitable the cars either have to slow down, or the driver needs to be on controls not in the car, making this ground-based drones.