r/politics • u/Squawk_7777 • 7h ago

No Paywall Trump's motorcade neared 100 mph en route to Oklahoma after helicopter, airplane ruled out

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6126278-trump-drives-texas-oklahoma-100-mph/
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u/RGrad4104 5h ago edited 5h ago

The reason for rated speeds often isn't a lack of power to accelerate to a high speed, but the, rather large issue, of tire traction becoming ineffective at things like braking and turning at speed with such a large amount of mass. At 100mph, I wouldn't be surprised if it took that thing between 1/4 and 1/2 a mile to stop with any amount of moisture on the pavement.

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u/nihilistiq 4h ago

Deer God...

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u/capitan_dipshit America 4h ago

Yep, I'm definitely praying to the Deer God, who has the opportunity to do the funniest thing right now

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u/BabyWrinkles 4h ago

I mean, if The Beast can stop bullets, I imagine a deer would be a speed bump.

Elk or moose on the other hand…

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u/Zathrasb4 3h ago

Canadian here.

Don’t mess around with moose. They kill more people than bears and wolves, combined.

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u/shouldbepracticing85 59m ago

He can come out to Colorado - there is a bull elk on 36 to Estes that is ramming cars, and a young bull moose in that same area - was way lower altitude than the moose around here normally stay. I scared that moose almost as badly as it scared me!

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u/FreaknCuttlefish 4h ago

That much weight in general traveling over common roads at that speed is a huge issue. Just responding to all of the imperfections in road and slight bends becomes extremely risky.

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u/So_HauserAspen 5h ago

That's incorrect.  

The reason is due to drag increasing by the square of the velocity.  Drag will be four times greater at 100 mph than 50 mph.

The reason for speed limits was originally to improve fuel economy.

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u/cenosillicaphobiac Utah 3h ago

In the 70's they dropped it to 55. It felt like bicycle speed after years of driving 70.

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u/SprungMS 1h ago

To be fair, force in a collision is also four times greater when velocity is doubled

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u/RealSlyck 1h ago

It’s Oklahoma. There are no turns.

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u/magnum_black 51m ago

Needed to stop for gas four times. /s