G'morning...

Teachers are'nt the only ones to slip into strife.

The NZ Land & Transport Safety Authority (LTSA) just have produced 
a TV advertisement which claims verbally and visually that...

* Crashing at 90kph is equivalent to falling one storey
* Crashing at 110kph = falling 5 storeys
* Crashing at 125kph = falling 9 storeys

...which just goes to prove that a little extra speed multiplies 
the carnage...

On being corrected by a newspaper correspondent, the LTSA huffed 
and puffed about modern-day cars, airbags and safety belts 
altering the physics of the situation,  and stated that the ads 
were having a mighty effect.

Argghhh !

Anyway,  I've written suggesting they send their proofs to the 
Royal Society and the Nobel Prize people,  `cos it'll 
significantly alter Einstein's work.

The LTSA magic castle obviously changes its dimensions as its 
picks up speed...

Actual Number   Actual  Height of
Speed  Storeys  Height  1 storey

  90     1      31.9m    31.9m
 110     5      47.6m     9.5m
 125     9      61.0m     6.8m

...without getting anywhere near the speed of light.

A quick measuring of this house shows 1 storey to be close to 4m 
or 13 feet....  one wonders how the LTSA building measures up at 
rest.

I suspect their scenario was `visualised' by their art-director or 
copywriter  -  the sort of expert who knows that 1 + 1 = 3 for 
very large values of 1.

:-))
 
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