Stopping Out-of-Control Cars - Mythbusters - S07 EP08 - Science Documentary

[@christianellegaard7120]

"Plausible but ridiculous" are usually the most fun myths.

[@MrMarinus18]

Mythbusters has aged very well especially compared to other reality shows. I think in part it is because they legitimately find what they are doing interesting and very little of it is scripted, the vast majority is completely improvised or genuine. They also are all from the movie industry so larger-than-life reactions is what they are into.

[@wingerding]

Lol just not the dialogue

[@MicroMidas]

The harpoon was surprisingly effective! ^^

[@MarnicSteve92]

15:52 "Ta da!" Jamie being Jamie XD

[@SiNFPVGUAM]

Hell yeah! Keep the myths coming banijay!

[@milandavid7223]

It was pretty painful watching Tory completely lock up the wheels. At least there's a cool shot at 31:49 illustrating why we have ABS.

[@swilleh_]

maybe if tory knew how to not lock up the wheels...

[@TheElrondo]

Thank you so much for uploading the Mystbusters series. It's a bummer i can't watch the whole series even via VPN here in Germany. I watched some of the episodes back in the days but they didn't air every episode over here. So, Mythbusters is one of the gotos on YT helps me fighting my heavy depressions and PTSD wich makes me beeing trapped in my home. Best wishes from Bavaria Germany 🇩🇪

[@BassFlapper]

Homan torch Jamie: "And you thought I couldn't light up a room." This man is a national treasure!

[@genghiscalm]

Was really hoping they'd try a parabolic mirror at the entrance to solve the directional sun issue. Making it out of glass would be near impossible w/o modern techniques, but given the polished metal assumption I think it's reasonable.

[@dwoodman26]

I was thinking the same thing. Also dissapointed they didn't use Bronze mirrors like in the film 😩

[@c4t4ly5t]

That "Carpoon" technique should be very effective (and relatively safe) in ending high speed pursuits.

[@thalivenom4972]

assuming theres nothing explosive, or a person in the boot.

[@JarvidVenport]

To worry about light in a tomb is just Luxury :D Could not leave this joke behind.

[@michaelripley4528]

KEEP THEM COMING💯🥰

[@roryoutdoors5431]

AZIZ! LIGHT! AZIZ!!!!

[@derGameplayDJ]

Wrong movie ;)

[@Sam-K]

I doubt many would get the reference!

[@Sam-K]

@@derGameplayDJ But a better movie.

[@MrMarinus18]

I kinda would have hoped they had set a third benchmark for a darkness adjusted eye. It has been shown many times that this difference is very significant.

[@KiwiSenseiYT]

Would've been irrelevant though, the experiment was to compare to the movie, and to see if the mirrors were enough to cover the ambient light needed to navigate, without your eyes adjusting since they entered straight from sunlight. Doing darkness adjusted benchmarks would've added a ton of unnecessary time since they'd take roughly 25 min per attempt, to gain no information of value.

[@MrImmers]

10:54 in the Netherlands a guy saved another driver who was having a heart attack this way. It was on the highway driving approximately 100 km/h or 60 mph.

[@MrImmers]

Https://kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYjEioF5mdOGpposi=kMksifQm2FzNeqJ it happened in november 2021

[@laughingoutloud5742]

Thank you!

[@tfrowlett8752]

The problem with locking up the brakes is you’re overall braking effect is greatly reduced. It may seem counterintuitive but you should ease off the brake until the the wheels just start rolling, then you’ll get maximum braking effect. This is mainly for cars without ABS.

[@MrMarinus18]

Those cars didn't have ABS. When you're braking really hard for an extended time the ABS is very noticeable as it rattles loudly.

[@Corosar]

hmm the sun moving might be mitigated with multiple mirrors. All calibrated to reflect light to a receiving mirror to bounce into the room proper. setting that up though might be tricky though.

[@Sfx654]

dude this harpoon looks intermediating i can't believe they did this with Carrie in the front car. so dangerous. reminds me of that episode when Adam and Jamie were piercing tired and doors of the car in the same dangerous manner. so glad they all end up fine

[@MS-pk2se]

30:40 next time take a modern-ish car with ABS and all 4 whells braking.. it would be less than half that distance and without pulling to the right. ;)

[@busterbackster1]

I wonder how syrong the light could get with multiple primary mirrors

[@FrankMoodyPhoto]

Its a bit ironic that the harpoon method is now used by law enforcement.

[@adam346]

so apparently many Sheriffs and Police Departments have banned the use of the pit maneuver over speeds of 50mph because of the likelihood of a fatality being caused... in some jurisdictions it's categorized as lethal force.

[@niculitz99999]

If you try to stop a car going 50mph on a highway, you will go off into the trees in seconds. You need a 100m wide highway with no traffic to stop 😂

[@ANGRYGAROU]

Initial d moment

[@danielk9316]

50.000-10.000lux = stadion lights (depends on size of the stadion) 5000-2000lux = operation rooms or laboratories (depends on usage) 1000lux = most working places which got something to do with food like a baker or butcher for example. 750lux = my working place (technical drawer) 500lux =standard office working place 200lux = office floors 1lux = security lighting in case of fire 200lux is enough to see everything with blank eye. it doesn't suprise me that you need way less than this 1lux. it's calculated for a room which is at least partly filled with smoke.

[@derSchweiz]

in the UK, the motorway police uses 3 cars to box them in and push towards the hard shoulder while brakking

[@lrseixas]

"If they overcook this sandwich maneuver, Kari's toast." Really?? 😂😂😂

[@NorwayT]

Haven't you guys seen the Movie 'The Fifth Element'!? You don't need a bunch of Slaves moving the Mirrors. All you need to do is to yell: "Aziz!!! Light!!!" And Aziz moves that big, flat Mirror into position! 😂

[@grant6173]

Haven't watched this yet, but I'm gonna say Plausible. I've spent a lot of time in the woods at night (nothing weird, just on my way home after dark) and it takes very little light to see clearly.

[@tsvetomiriordanov851]

Dont burn the tyres, keep em on limit spinin for steering.

[@iplayloud2]

I'm looking for the episode where they try to stop a car pursuing them ?

[@dbernadickas]

R.I.P. Grant 😔

[@dazlock4491]

32:04 - turn subtitles on xD

[@DeaconTaylor]

Unconscious driver with no pressure on the accelerator I can understand. But I don't get how you can stop a car with a stuck throttle.

[@donwest5387]

you would need hemi-spherical mirrors for "light-bleed"

[@NyznTvfk]

@10:50 yellow is not a primary color lol :=))

[@gbulmer]

Yellow, magenta and cyan are the "printing primaries" or "subtractive primaries". All other printed colours except white can be made with combinations of those three. White paper provides the white Best Wishes. ☮

[@renierbonthuyzen9703]

Why would they test eyesight with someone that has terrible sight to start off with?

[@SpookyWatcher]

Am I the only one who is getting massive innuendoes towards Kari during the challenges?

[@Twooshort]

If there wasn't already slash fiction about the trio before this, there had to be after.

[@SynthRockViking]

Imagine if Adam accidentally tripped in the dark and rolled around on the glass 🤭

[@michaelwaters6184]

and they say they used mirrors to light up the inside the Pyramids and paint the walls inside the pyramids this proves they did not .

[@krikkrakvollenbak5892]

This is cybertruck at 55 miles An hour. (Stuck accelerator)

[@Nivola1953]

On the same car, Mythbuster people with racing fire resistant suits, helmets and neck braces, old guy with T shirt and baseball hat!🤷🏻‍♂️🤔 Insurance “discrimination”?

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

Why have glasses when any non-breakable item would do the same job?

[@thalivenom4972]

fun.

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

@@thalivenom4972 except for the cleaning crew I guess hahhaha

[@chrisfoster9080]

Did they take their foot off the gas after contact, or keep the foot to the floor. I didn't see any spinning rear wheels from the rear car when stopped.

[@dwoodman26]

Typical automatic saloon car like that wouldn't have enough power to spin the wheels on dry tarmac, it will burn out the clutch trying to make it move. If it's a manual, once they get the car slow enough, the engine will stall.

[@dwoodman26]

It does seem they took their foot off the accelerator once the cars stopped though, would have been nice to see the effect it would have!

[@borntoclimb7116]

I dont know the harpoon work so well.

[@ichiroutakashima4503]

Banijay Science should really start uploading older seasons. Season 07 is basically the start where Mythbusters are on their decline.

[@SiNFPVGUAM]

🤷🏽‍♂️I'll take what I can get. Hopefully they'll be able to upload them all.

[@SiegmundFretzgau]

It's possible that they don't have the license for the earlier seasons

[@Voodoo_One]

There is also a channel called "MythbustersTVShow" - probably the same behind Banijay - who upload S05 and S06 so far. I have all already recorded from back in the days, but take this extra 1080p versions aswell since downloading from YT is easy

[@joshuaarmstrong377]

​@@SiNFPVGUAMthere is a channel called vintage nostalgia that has the most videos i've seen, some got deleted but there is a good amount there

[@borntoclimb7116]

Good idea, i miss the older seasons.

[@brendanwright4513]

The sun's not moving but the earth is duh

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

The sun is most definitely moving

[@richardashworth400]

41:58 - I'll Harpoon you, Kari Byron. 😈

[@sparrowflyaway]

The most obvious problem with Tori's homemade method of stopping a car is, what if it's a rear-engine car? Is it going to explode from having a giant harpoon stabbed through your engine block?

[@kikixchannel]

It won't be pierced. Piercing through an engine block isn't the same as piercing through a trunk. Engine is made from strong, thick metal. Trunk is made from thin metal sheet.

[@PrincessUnicornSprinkles]

wait fallout shelter!

[@danielmadar9938]

😂

[@kevinsammut7246]

The last time i was this early, i had to sleep on the couch for days.

[@mprebbz]

Actually a very funny comment

[@richardelder6519]

Banijay! My Brother- could you please upload the 'Arrow Machine Gun Episode' As well as the 'MEGA MOVIE MYTHS' episode.. the one where they jump A Oldsmobile Cutlass up a dirt ramp 172 feet! AWESOME!!

[@brucesearle]

If they had sat in a pitch black room for fifteen minutes then tried the maze they would have seen like it was daylight.

[@Ben-no4lz]

That’s not what they were trying to find out though.

[@brucesearle]

@@Ben-no4lz Perhaps, but initially they were trying to determine a baseline for 'see-ability' - if they'd rested they eyes in darkness as I suggested that baseline and minimum lux would have been way lower.

[@Ben-no4lz]

@@brucesearle But it was a baseline for “see-ability” after coming out of the Desert Sun… because that’s the scene the myth is about.

[@MrMarinus18]

I would have liked to also see that benchmark. In the pirate special it was made apparant that the difference is huge.

[@Ben-no4lz]

@@MrMarinus18 But it would be irrelevant to the myth they were testing.

[@JoeRocket-sf6qs]

Locking the brakes is stupid a.f.

[@grant6173]

Back when I was young, we smoked some whacky-tabaccy once in a while / daily. One time, after smoking a couple of smokes, the plan was to go to 7-11, get snacks and watch a movie. So. We walked thru the woods. And stuff. Till the guy with the last whacky cig realized he didn't have it anymore. We were able to retrace our steps easily thru the woods. Let's face it. We were in no shape for difficult tasks. And there, in a random place in the woods was a joint laying on the forest floor. Didn't even have to try. This was before cell phones, so there was zero lighting. If you can't see, wait a sec.

[@ekisauruslux6795]

would work with conclave mirror? noobs overload

[@yrtracingteam106]

This with the cars was the most stupid thing i’ve seen in this show. The front wheels, without someone touching the steeringwheel, could make a hard 90*+ turn (rubber/ track reaction) and when that happens the car will flip over!Carrie was extremely lucky she survived this show

[@jackdeniston59]

Nope. Your physics fails.

[@yrtracingteam106]

@@jackdeniston59 don’t think so. Once the wheels slap to the right or left the chances you crash are there. But hé, your one liner says it all. I’m not gonne argue you master

[@kikixchannel]

@@yrtracingteam106 The driving wheels in a car self-center themselves, actually. If you let go of the steering wheel, it will go out of a turn rather than start turning. It would be virtually impossible to go straight if that wasn't the case.

[@Popojijo_OG]

🤦‍♂️

[@AmvC]

32:10 KZbin's _"(hate-)speech to text"_ (auto cc subtitles) converts "one million joules" to "1 million Jews" 😂 thank you google, back to you, steve!

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

the sun doesn't move, Adam

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

It does big time