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Originally Posted by askmrjesus
I'm just surprised you didn't use meters instead of feet. 
Race tracks don't generally have Dump Trucks parked sideways in the corners.
Once again, it's not a substitute for braking and maneuvering, it's a fall back option for when braking and maneuvering aren't working.
Ok, a question for all of you. You're headed for the edge of a cliff at Mach 10, and you have a catastrophic brake failure. Let's say you blew a line, and grabbed a big hand full of nothing. Rare? Sure. Impossible? No.
What's the plan?
JC |
Your scenario is irrelevant..
You're trying to comparing the rolling friction of the wheels, to the sliding friction of your skin to the sliding friction of rubber.
Obviously if you have no brakes, you want to be as far away from the heavy thing on two rollers with bearings to cut the friction.
In your scenario, you're fucked either way.
But, ultimatlely I would likely downshift to use engine braking to slow down as much as I could. Maybe even lock up the rear by downshifting to first.