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Since it's a ferry, a solution could be to just push if overboard. How often do fires on ferry happen?
by V__ 3y ago
Since it's a ferry, a solution could be to just push if overboard. How often do fires on ferry happen?
- cjfd 3y agoHave you ever actually seen a bunch of cars tightly parked on a ferry? If not, google 'cars on a ferry' and click some images. Now, imagine a car somewhere in the middle of the bunch catching fire. Are you going to volunteer 'pushing it overboard'?
- ugjka 3y agoyou can't push them when they are deep in a pack of cars
- yreg 3y agoYou would have to push the entire column of cars before it overboard.
- bzzzt 3y agoSo make sure the electric cars are loaded last.
- vasco 3y agoProbably still cheaper even paying for the recovery effort if they are not dumped too deep to replace those cars than to replace the ship, in terms of total cost if the ship is totalled. How you push a column of cars around a raging fire is another problem. I don't know what I'd do.
- masklinn 3y agoThese are not open-deck ferries, the cars are in closed decks.
- bzzzt 3y agoSo it's easy to cut off the oxygen supply to the fire?
- bell-cot 3y agoSure - so long as you've spent the necessary $millions in advance, to build that feature into the ship. Plus crew training, safety certifications, insurance, etc. Imagine if a couple idiot kids or passed-out drunks were in the compartment which you de-oxygenated.
- bzzzt 3y agoLast time I took a big car ferry the car decks were off limits for passengers. On a smaller ferry it's more of a problem but the risks are also lower.
- masklinn 3y agoLast time I took a ferry with car capabilities (between Hokkaido and Honshu) the car deck was very much accessible to passengers.
- GuB-42 3y agoLi-ion batteries supply their own oxygen when they burn, you can't smother the fire.
- Symbiote 3y agoThere are deck walls strong enough to prevent a vehicle falling out of the ship, but usually open at either end to ensure good ventilation. There are hundreds of these ferries operating in Europe (and other places with large islands or short seas/lakes), from tiny ones that carry 2-4 cars, to large ones with multiple decks. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/car-ferry.html?sortBy=relevant https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/car-ferry.html?sortBy=rele... Tiny (UK): https://www.alamy.com/the-dartmouth-to-kingswear-car-ferry-leaves-from-bayards-cove-dartmouth-image150265426.html https://www.alamy.com/the-dartmouth-to-kingswear-car-ferry-l... Small (Germany): https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-car-ferry-harbour-friedrichshafen-lake-of-constance-baden-wurttemberg-147274580.html https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-car-ferry-harbour-friedric... Medium (Brazil): https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-car-on-board-the-ferry-makes-the-crossing-between-the-city-and-the-101304128.html https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-car-on-board-the-ferry-mak... Large (UK/France): https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-vehicle-deck-of-a-cross-channel-car-ferry-on-the-dover-calais-73449924.html https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-vehicle-deck-of-a-cros... Note these are public passenger ferries. You arrive at the port, buy a ticket, drive on and (usually) get out of the car for the journey.
- Tarq0n 3y agoCars on a ferry are locked in by other cars, and in large ferries like this one a ceiling as well.
- mikestew 3y agoIgnoring the other impracticalities that sibling commenters have pointed out, are you going to be the one to reach inside and put the flaming car in neutral? 'cuz you ain't pushing shit if that thing's still in Park.