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Message: Re: Autobahn Video
Changed By: KevinR-MedinaOhio
Change Date: April 21, 2012 12:03PM
Re: High speed crash on aAutobahn involving BMW M5Video
Change Date: April 21, 2012 12:03PM
Re: High speed crash on aAutobahn involving BMW M5Video
[quote]...there is no possible way that car is going 200KPH FASTER than the cars and trucks he's passing.[/quote]
The problem is we don't know the speed of the other vehicles. And the camera lens also distorts vehicles in the far right lane.
I used to live in Germany and spent alot of time on the Autobahns. I still remember one evening I was in the middle lane doing 70mph and saw headlights flashing a looong way back in my rear-view mirror. A very few seconds later two 911s rocketed past me so fast the van I was driving was buffeted. I estimated their speed at >150mph.
Since then I have done alot of high-speed driving on our interstates and compared my experiences to what I saw in the first video. I watched the video twice w/o looking at the HUD, estimating the speed as he passed different vehicles. I then watched it a third time while looking at the HUD and transposing KPM to MPH. Everything looked consistent w/ my experience.
I liked how stable the car was "at speed", but am guessing 911s would do just as well.
The problem is we don't know the speed of the other vehicles. And the camera lens also distorts vehicles in the far right lane.
I used to live in Germany and spent alot of time on the Autobahns. I still remember one evening I was in the middle lane doing 70mph and saw headlights flashing a looong way back in my rear-view mirror. A very few seconds later two 911s rocketed past me so fast the van I was driving was buffeted. I estimated their speed at >150mph.
Since then I have done alot of high-speed driving on our interstates and compared my experiences to what I saw in the first video. I watched the video twice w/o looking at the HUD, estimating the speed as he passed different vehicles. I then watched it a third time while looking at the HUD and transposing KPM to MPH. Everything looked consistent w/ my experience.
I liked how stable the car was "at speed", but am guessing 911s would do just as well.
Original Message
Author: KevinR-MedinaOhioDate: April 21, 2012 12:01PM
Re: High speed crash on autobahn involving BMW M5
[quote]...there is no possible way that car is going 200KPH FASTER than the cars and trucks he's passing.[/quote]
The problem is we don't know the speed of the other vehicles. And the camera lens also distorts vehicles in the far right lane.
I used to live in Germany and spent alot of time on the Autobahns. I still remember one evening I was in the middle lane doing 70mph and saw headlights flashing a looong way back in my rear-view mirror. A very few seconds later two 911s rocketed past me so fast the van I was driving was buffeted. I estimated their speed at >150mph.
Since then I have done alot of high-speed driving on our interstates and compared my experiences to what I saw in the first video. I watched the video twice w/o looking at the HUD, estimating the speed as he passed different vehicles. I then watched it a third time while looking at the HUD and transposing KPM to MPH. Everything looked consistent w/ my experience.
I liked how stable the car was "at speed", but am guessing 911s would do just as well.
The problem is we don't know the speed of the other vehicles. And the camera lens also distorts vehicles in the far right lane.
I used to live in Germany and spent alot of time on the Autobahns. I still remember one evening I was in the middle lane doing 70mph and saw headlights flashing a looong way back in my rear-view mirror. A very few seconds later two 911s rocketed past me so fast the van I was driving was buffeted. I estimated their speed at >150mph.
Since then I have done alot of high-speed driving on our interstates and compared my experiences to what I saw in the first video. I watched the video twice w/o looking at the HUD, estimating the speed as he passed different vehicles. I then watched it a third time while looking at the HUD and transposing KPM to MPH. Everything looked consistent w/ my experience.
I liked how stable the car was "at speed", but am guessing 911s would do just as well.