Crossing the road


When about to cross the road at a busy pedestrian crossing (e.g. anywhere in Central London), don't attempt to fight your way to the front of the crowd of people. Stay towards the back and let those in a real hurry fight their way to the front of the pack.

Not only is this the gentlemanly thing to do; it also means that in the event of a vehicle tearing across the crossing when the lights have changed, the body bearing the impact of the crash will not be yours...
(anvil, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 12:38, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I've often wondered (disturbingly)
how big a crowd would have to be to stop a car at various speeds.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 13:49, Reply)

Shouldn't be tooooo hard to calculate
take the average mass of the bodies and friction with the ground vs the momentum of the average car. We can chart number of bodies required for different speeds.

Should we assume for the calculations that the driver stops accelerating?
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Wed 24 Mar 2010, 22:20, Reply)

depends
on how many lolfatties there are
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 9:36, Reply)

Won't someone please calculate this!

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 10:24, Reply)

^THIS^

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 14:04, Reply)