Nope it's amazing science and we can use it in daily life.

Some, yes.@@nishant54 most is enterteinment and food for thought. And that's plenty. That's why "Supertasks" by VSauce is the most important video ever made... it explains why even the foolish thoughts and experiments are important.

best show was scrapheap challenge.

I watched some, and don't agree. Sorry.@@jaspervandemeeberg8428

Thank you!

I agree. Most trailer tires are retreads, so I would assume that it would be the retread coming off that might do damage. I've often heard the debris on the highway referred to as 'gators', not that most people care enough to give them a name. I've had my Class 1 (Alberta semi truck license) for 22 years, for what it's worth. Afterthought: it wouldn't surprise me if retreaded tires are subject to regional laws. I wouldn't be surprised if there are many jurisdictions that don't even allow retreads to be run.

@@user-mo4mu9eb8s in the netherlands you can only retread 1 time after that the tire must be replaced

I didn't know he was dead... damn... what a gut punch. :(

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american healthcare does that to a person who are not rich enough, a real shame.

Used to do this too on my unfaired RD350. Took all the wind pressure off.

Very sad, he had such a nice personality not too eccentric, always cool robotics and interesting electronics stuff in their segment. There are a few details on the surgeries they performed to save his life. I won't copy them here because it's a bit depressing, but he went from having unusual migraines to be taken off life support in just 3 days. That 's the reality of brain aneurysms.

all time so far. Who knows if there will be an even better show in the future with a similar format ?

I Drive a truck for a living, the worst place you can be is behind a truck when a tire blows, here is Aussie land people seem to think that sitting behind a truck in kangaroo country is a way to stop yourself from hitting one with your car, when in fact the truck is like a honey badger, don't give to shits when don't even slow done.. just bonk the bull bar rolls it straight under the truck, the it flies out the back.. or goes under the wheels... you get the picture

Same here man

Conservation of energy means the prime mover's mpg would decrease. It is hauling an extra parasitic load. Physics does not lie.

Actually i think that the fuel usage of the truck will also decrease, because the car behind it is stopping the air vortices from forming

they could have uploaded in better quality though. this is horribly low res

How much fuel did you save roughly?

@@smOOdiebOOdie Not enough to justify crippling yourself or your car in case the truck suddenly slows down

@@tappajaav Or the drivers who get into the same accident you cause when the collision occurs. Drafting and "shoving" makes me so angry, I can't even breathe without exhaling in curse-words! Selfish pr i cks, who do that!

that's what they said on the show, dude.

That makes sense Dead Zone a protected area where the oncoming smoke doesn't reach protecting any following car from drag smoke was gathering behind the truck which proves to us that there is a low pressure area what we're going to do now is take a car in the same scale as the truck attach it to a force gauge and then see what kind of effect that low pressure has on the car but just before that the team first needs a baseline so the truck is removed from the track to see what the force of the oncoming wind is like on the car alone with the smoke off it may look like nothing's happening but the wind is roaring past the car at over 50 miles per hour and Grant gets a reading okay so it looks like we got a good Baseline definitely 0.142 pounds and that is just the wind on the car alone so that's the control the question now is will this figure reduce with a semi shielding the Airstream we're now full seven car lengths away do we have any drag whatsoever we have 21 drag reduction are you serious yeah wow for Carrie that was the wow factor so how about when the car gets dangerously close first they wind the truck in to decrease the distance to five inches or ten feet If This Were full scale all right so we're at 10 feet that's a 60 reduction in drag [Music] all right we're at six feet away from the truck ridiculous I don't think I'd want to drive that close to the back of a truck let me tell you you might want to reconsider 80 reduction in drag you're not definitely Drive all right let's go to two feet what are we reading you know what's crazy we're reading 93 reduction in drag are you serious yeah it's an astounding result at two feet drag is reduced almost

Dude, where can Knightrider be accessed these days? I'm too young to have been able to watch it in its prime, but really wanna see it for myself

@@atlehassum1492 i found a dvd box set at walmart last year, as i couldn't easily find it online for free. but it's getting harder to find dvd players, or laptops/pc's with a dvd drive, or even gaming consoles that will play dvd's. if you really want to watch it online, it looks like google and apple have episodes to "rent"

Your raw power is frightening

Well, for AWD, your front wheels would be going almost walking pace (the speed difference between the truck and the car) while your rear wheels would be going 55 mph... I am not sure if it was smart...

@@noldo3837 logically yes. But wouldn’t you like to see it happen?

Any truck wheel part, large enough, can decapitates. Even part of rim can fly off.

I knew someone who died in a truck-yard, overinflating one of these tyres, which exploded.

And driving a bike behind a truck, as soon as you try to overpass...damn that wind grabs you

My thoughts exactly closer is safer providing nothing is thrown by the tires. As for the tire myth it depends on the exact blow out. If you just let the air out it is really safe, if the casing fails and 100lb piece of rubber flaps like a giant mace I have personally seen steel parts tor off the truck. Most of these retread blow outs happen on new caps on damaged casings, you can't detect all damage to a casing best to use your own not to buy from unknown source. That's why the retreads you see laying on the road all look brand new. If you run a tire low air you can seriously damage it also

Install clamps that grab the truck and form a train and turn off your engine. 100% less fuel consumption guaranteed.

saw also more insane people on the road.. also truck drivers who where that close, that i wouldn't be able to walk between the gap..

Those split rims when failing are powerful enough to behead just from ring alone from normal tire pressure. If it was not assembled correctly or locking ring is rusted out, that thing will come apart and if there is pressure in tire results for anyone being in general front vicinity are BAD. Another would be tire frame that has gone too many resurfacings, the frame it self failing, specially if that happens behind the outer wheel, followed by outer side wall failing.

Split rims is known to kill people. The myth is tyre blowout.

I think what would happen is that the car would stall as the driving wheels hit the ramp (assuming the driver is using one of the top gears)

@@marjoh669 Yes if you were to hit the ramp without clutching in, however if you build enough momentum you can probably clutch in just before your rear wheels hit the trailer ramp and quickly switch to first/2nd gear, more difficult but not impossible I think, although I don't know how long the car can keep a higher momentum while the front wheels are on the ramp

Right behind it isn't much better, if the retread leaves the tire.

You're a smart bloke, I've been a truckie in Australia for 38 yrs,22 in bdoubles,get past us as quick as you can, wait till car in front has passed us then go👍🇭🇲I tought my son this,and now with his wife and 4 kids in the car,he gets it,not only blowouts but idiot drivers these days,playing with their phones can move over on you😡