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ummm... if those skid marks are 50-60 feet long, can we safely assume that the gentleman walking in the background is about 12 feet tall? give me a ******* break. open YOUR eyes you condescending little turd. being the physics buff you are, you should have realized the scale of the photo before you posted your blabber. aren't you supposed to be well versed in the physics of optics? being a photographer, i know damn well that the line is not 50-60 feet long, especially with someone who is, as you say, about 6 feet tall in the back. the lens used to take this photo was probably about 35mm. if the gentleman in the back was 60feet away, there's no way in hell he would have been that big when the magnification for a 35mm lens is .7x life size. that means the farther they are away, the smaller and smaller they get, but at a rate .7x faster than with a normal 50mm lens.

and who the hell made you crime scene investigator with no knowledge of the angles of the photos and what kind of camera equipment was used? notice all crime scene investigators use a 50mm lens when they want to properly scale something, then wider and longer focal lengths as needed to show either environment or detail.


big_ben said:
Hope this clears this up for you. These skid marks are more than 50 to 60 feet long. He was going at least 40 to 50mph. I don't care how hard you swerve a MP3 or MSP at "20 to 25mph", you WILL NOT lose control like that. I owned an MP3 and trust me, it would not lose control at that slow of a speed.


Open your eyes moron. think like an investigator for a second. Look at the road, look at the back ground scenery. You can see how curvy the road is and in the background you can even see how the road ahead makes a sharp turn around another corner. He was trying to be a rally car driver. He wasn't as good as he thought. And he and his car paid for it. Hopefully he learned a lesson. And thankfully there wasn't another lane where another driver could have been.
 
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Thanks tonka, I know Vic is a great guy

here is big_Ben:
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I have a deer story! Back in the day, when I had no ride, I was riding the the bus down Rt. 355 in Gaithersburg. Well, all of a sudden the bus driver hits the brakes hard and we hear this *whump*. We had just head-on'd a deer at 45mph, its head was outlined in the glass - big concave depression in the window. The damn thing *got up* and ran into the woods!!! I'm sure it died shortly after, but it still got up and ran away! 45mph BUS + deer you would think we'd be havin' some venison. It's a good think Dr. Sound didn't take the chance of hitting it, you never know what could have happened. The variables and possibilities are infinite.
 
If only we could "slide" into other dimensions to find out what might have happened!! :D Sorry...I'm on a nerd-o kick today! Everyone has run out of "Glad to hear you're alive" and "Holy s***" comments, so this thread might degenerate into one of those off-topic fests...like that group buy for the thing... :D
 
II-Savy said:
Also guys your missing a point, it's possible if it was a big enough deer it could have gone through the windshield and hit the DR.!!!!! He may well have been way better off NOT hitting the deer. You can't 2nd guess situations like this.

Actually, at about 20-to-25mph, the deer would have simply toppled over onto the hood and maybe even roll up on to the window and break it (without fully going into the passenger compartment). Drive along at 20 and keep it at 20, and then imagine that things are infront of you and you run into them. If you're going 20, apply the brakes (not slam on them) and still hit the deer, it won't go in. It'll prolly damage a lot of s***, but I don't see it going in.

Hey Vic! Next time, hit the ******! Or at least swerve a little so that you knock it in the ass or head and make it spin a few times! MAHAHAHHAHA!#@!$

*ahem* oh. sorry. I really don't condone the killing or mutalation of animals, but, quite frankly, if it's me or it, *evil, deep voice* it's going to ******* be it! AHAHAHAHAHAH! MAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh. Yeah. Right. Sorry again.


:D
 
zenilder said:
Actually, at about 20-to-25mph, the deer would have simply toppled over onto the hood and maybe even roll up on to the window and break it (without fully going into the passenger compartment). Drive along at 20 and keep it at 20, and then imagine that things are infront of you and you run into them. If you're going 20, apply the brakes (not slam on them) and still hit the deer, it won't go in. It'll prolly damage a lot of s***, but I don't see it going in.

Hey Vic! Next time, hit the ******! Or at least swerve a little so that you knock it in the ass or head and make it spin a few times! MAHAHAHHAHA!#@!$

*ahem* oh. sorry. I really don't condone the killing or mutalation of animals, but, quite frankly, if it's me or it, *evil, deep voice* it's going to ******* be it! AHAHAHAHAHAH! MAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh. Yeah. Right. Sorry again.


:D

LOL! :D
 
1FASTMP5 said:

It brings me, and I'm sure alot of others, back to the dreaded day of Sept 11 2001.
Seeing those majestic buildings colapse with all those people who passed away is almost too much for me to take.
 
o.g.sk8er said:
It brings me, and I'm sure alot of others, back to the dreaded day of Sept 11 2001.
Seeing those majestic buildings colapse with all those people who passed away is almost too much for me to take.

(werd)
How do you think it feels for us east coasters? Especially those in NYC...
 
o.g.sk8er said:
It brings me, and I'm sure alot of others, back to the dreaded day of Sept 11 2001.
Seeing those majestic buildings colapse with all those people who passed away is almost too much for me to take.
:(
 
I am VERY fortunate not to have lost anyone personally in the tragedy of 9/11 but it still hurts me deeply. :( I just wanted to observe the anniversary in some way this week. :)
 
Thank you, phishy. It's much appreciated. I didn't lose anyone either, thank God. However, I did lose about a week in time and gained a crap load of mental stress. It's hard being an Aerospace engineer and watching that...strange, I know...but...It just blew me away.

Anywho...what was the topic again. Oh, yeah...another person almost died, but some kooky engineers apparently design the MSP to survive a rolls down a 300-some-odd-ft ravine. That beauty in engineering also brings a tear to my eye.
 

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