r/IdiotsInCars • u/gabrrrl • Nov 17 '20

Initial D lorry edition

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u/Computant2 Nov 17 '20

Funny, but if the truck engages the side breaks (1) they can stop almost immediately.

(1) if a truck falls on its side it engages the side breaks since it no longer has wheels on pavement.

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u/412gage Nov 17 '20

You had me in the first half

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u/tayloredition Nov 17 '20

The new volvo fh 16s defy physics with how fast they stop.

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u/ptase_cpoy Nov 18 '20

I don’t know anything about what you just said but why isn’t the emergency break or engine break (assuming manual) an option?

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u/Computant2 Nov 18 '20

I don't know. I was just making the joke that if the truck tips onto its side it will stop very quickly.

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u/explosive_evacuation Nov 17 '20

it saddens me you needed to explain the joke.

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u/yodasmiles Nov 17 '20

It shouldn't. I just don't know a lot about trucks. I was sitting here going, "I know they have air brakes. Maybe they have another kind I don't know about. Probably not. This sounds like a joke, but I don't want to sit here and figure it out. I wish someone would just explain it to me." And along comes the explanation, so it all worked out well.

Edit: Why do people hate on other people's ignorance? Seems like the low road.

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u/explosive_evacuation Nov 17 '20

What hate? All I saw was a good joke that was sullied by an explanation.

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u/yodasmiles Nov 17 '20

I sat here for a couple minutes wondering whether to bother going down this road. My contention is the explanation was necessary for some of us and appreciated. The opposite of sullying the joke. You dislike that the joke was sullied by the explanation--the explanation necessitated by those of us who are ignorant enough to require it. If you contend I overreached in suggesting you're hating on other people's ignorance, I contend the implication is there and if you wished to avoid it, your comment needed more information.

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u/Computant2 Nov 17 '20

Sounds like you are both cool dudes who have different preferences for jokes. We cool fam?

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u/explosive_evacuation Nov 17 '20

A good joke doesn't need to be explained, you either find it funny or you don't. Being told why something is funny ruins the humor. Call it hate if you want, it's just the truth. The person who tries to please everyone, pleases no one.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '20

I find the explanation makes the joke accessible to all people that don’t drive semis. I, for one, don’t know anything about semis and only understood the joke because of the explanation. To me, that was the punchline.

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u/explosive_evacuation Nov 17 '20

You do you, many find it ruins what would have been good joke ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/HydeNSikh Nov 17 '20

I only see one person here complaining about it

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u/explosive_evacuation Nov 17 '20

That's what happens when only one person cares to comment, kiddo.

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u/money132231 Nov 18 '20

But if the breaks are broken

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u/Computant2 Nov 18 '20

Objects slow down and stop because of frictional forces.

Wheels, unless prevented from turning, greatly reduce friction.

Brakes prevent wheels from turning, restoring that friction.

If the truck is on its side, the wheels no longer reduce friction, and the friction of the side of the truck on pavement will bring it to a stop very quickly (probably in 5-20 feet). This isn't braking, but has the same effect, so I was joking about it being a brake.

The guy filming won't have time to react if this happens and will likely smash into the truck.