03-24-2003, 05:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-24-2003, 05:18 AM by Rhydderch Hael.)
There are limits to what technology can do, especially when a human brain is still in on the loop. Imagine two Blackhawks traveling at 140 knots that meander into each other in the dead of night. Toss out an arbitrary closure speed, say, 40 knots.
That's, what, 45 miles per hour? At that speed, what distances do you have to sound a warning and get an 8-ton helicopter to stop going where it was first going, and change course away from doom? 50 feet? 100 feet? What if they're converging at faster speeds? What if rate of closure hit 100 knots? They have to be, what, 200 feet of warning? When was the last time you kept a minimum distance of 50 feet away from the next car, at all times, every time?
That's, what, 45 miles per hour? At that speed, what distances do you have to sound a warning and get an 8-ton helicopter to stop going where it was first going, and change course away from doom? 50 feet? 100 feet? What if they're converging at faster speeds? What if rate of closure hit 100 knots? They have to be, what, 200 feet of warning? When was the last time you kept a minimum distance of 50 feet away from the next car, at all times, every time?
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