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to: Ken Weitzel
from: Jasen Betts
date: 2004-02-24 20:05:04
subject: Old Car

Hi Ken.

22-Feb-04 20:19:00, Ken Weitzel wrote to Roy J. Tellason


 KW> Drive 60 mph and run into a million ton bridge abutment.  The stop
 KW> will be instantaneous, and the speed will be recorded as zero mph.

The speedo won't respond instantaneously to the instantaneous stop,
also the air bags will trigger before the back end of the car has
stopped moving.

but if you want a zero reading on impact just lock up the brakes in the
last second or stick it in reverse (while travelling forwards at speed).

 -=> Bye <=-

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