I think you summed it up pretty well.LoadStar said:(Guide data has this listed as "Myth Revolution!" but the on-screen "drawing board" title was "Myth Evolution," and that was the theme of the episode. I'm sticking with that as the title of the episode, and assuming the guide data is wrong.)
No thread on this? Has everyone sort of given up on the series or something?
Apparently that is true. I was talking with a coworker who has a 16 year old son and he mentioned that they now teach holding the wheel at 4 and 8.LoadStar said:Airbag Thumb - they don't teach 10/2 hand position anymore? Really? I'd be surprised if that's true, to be honest.
I like watching Kari blow/smash stuff up.mportuesi said:A lot of Mythbusters now is just excuses to blow stuff up. I like watching stuff blow up, but it's not enough to keep me coming back to the show week after week.
There was an article recently in the AAA magazine about this. They're also apparently suggesting changing from the hand over hand turning method to keeping your hands at the 4 and 8 position and sliding the steering wheel through your hands. It seems that people have had their arms broken by the airbag deploying if they're in an accident while they're turning and their arms are crossed over the steering wheel.LoadStar said:...
Airbag Thumb - they don't teach 10/2 hand position anymore? Really? I'd be surprised if that's true, to be honest. (Granted, most people stop driving that way shortly after driver's ed anyway, so it's kind of pointless, but still.) I do have to admit, they did a pretty good job of testing this one...
He had a knife in the second try. I thought for sure he was going to cut the valve stem off and breathe from that (since that would give a good seal). Maybe the pressure would be too high?LoadStar said:The breathing from a tire - I'd have called it "plausible," frankly. They didn't seem to spend much time practicing this, or doing some sort of scale test or above water test, or they too probably would've put it at plausible. There was clearly air coming out of the tire, so that part is valid... it's a question of getting yourself positioned to really plant your face on the tire so that you can actually breathe, I think.
That sounds like a typically idiotic American view on auto accidents: Concentrate on surviving accidents, not on avoiding them. The proper place to put your hands on a steering wheel is the place that allows you to steer most effectively. Not hitting brick walls or other cars is the real way to avoid being hurt by an airbag.nirisahn said:There was an article recently in the AAA magazine about this. They're also apparently suggesting changing from the hand over hand turning method to keeping your hands at the 4 and 8 position and sliding the steering wheel through your hands. It seems that people have had their arms broken by the airbag deploying if they're in an accident while they're turning and their arms are crossed over the steering wheel.
Especially since RFID tags have been linked to cancer in laboratory rats - as high as 10% of the animals in one study.LoadStar said:Interesting that Kari was willing to get an RFID tag in her arm. Sorry, I wouldn't myself.
wonder if how lab rats are different then other rats(pet). Rats in the pet world are known for getting tumors.pdhenry said:Especially since RFID tags have been linked to cancer in laboratory rats - as high as 10% of the animals in one study.
What about all the chips in dogs?pdhenry said:Especially since RFID tags have been linked to cancer in laboratory rats - as high as 10% of the animals in one study.
Sure, they know. The point is to prove it to the audience. And preferably to look silly and/or blow stuff up while doing so.EvilMidniteBombr said:You would thing that they would know right away that these things were totally unreal.
