1. Drive infront
2. Match the speed
3. Slowly reduce speed so that the car behind knocks
into your back bumper at a relative speed of like
1 mph. Maybe you feel a tiny bump.
4. Apply brakes
Yes it's impressive, but I'd be willing to bet it's not that dangerous at all. The very very worst case scenario is that you don't match the speed very well and get rear ended, which is pretty much the best type of crash you can have.
- breaks are not even across the wheels, he spins and goes right back into the traffic, guy behind falls over after driving the other way into the barrier
- collision affects one of the front wheels of the car behind, that car turns into the traffic - minivan either separates or gets locked due to collision
- engine in minivan stalls after collision, break assist stop working, simply pressing the pedal is not enough to stop both cars
- due to the shape of cars' front and back, the car in the front gets hit and one of the wheels get locked, suddenly breaks; the car in the back has enough kinetic energy to hit and injure passengers sitting in the back
- ... I could go forever
As in other posts above - I don't want to say it was stupid / bad that he tried... It worked, everyone's fine, it's great. But for me, my family in the car is infinitely more important than potential damage that might be caused by an unknown person in an car that's under no control.
"But for me, my family in the car is infinitely more important than potential damage that might be caused by an unknown person in an car that's under no control."
I'm glad someone remembered this. Saving someone else might be a good thing, but saving your own family is definitely heroic.
It's not the same having a car hit you at 1 mph when you're stationary than when you're both doing 40 mph and the guy behind is unconscious. A number of things can go wrong.
The moment you have other people in your vehicle you're _responsible_ for their lives. Now everyone is cheering because it worked out but it could have easily ended up as a [Retard] tag on Fark.
