Hi Jon!
So that's what it takes to pull you out of the shadows, as it were? :-)
They do make more noise at higher speed, but of course the noise is not
travelling as fast relative to the speed of the car and so it's not being
projected far enough ahead to make a difference.
Yes, I have always had the opportunity to go at a reasonable speed in my little
Mopeds of the Sky: on some of the eariler instructional sorties I show them
what 150kts looks like when joining the circuit, for training purposes of
course . .
But I am retiring from the RAF next April. I shall still fly occasionally, but
nearly 13 years on one unit is long enough. I shall be a Human Factors
instructor at the Centre for Aviation Medicine for a few years.
Chris
On 7 Nov 13, at 23:54, Jon Mitchell <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just a quick (tongue-in-cheek) response to your statistical argument:
>
> "I'm saying that the higher your speed the more likely you are to hit a deer
> that has made itself susceptible to such a collision by being there: sex or
> no sex, it will avoid a noisy machine if it notices it."
>
> Generally the faster you are going, the more noise you are making. Surely
> the extra noise makes the deer more likely to notice you, which negates the
> greater chance that you may hit a deer that hasn't noticed you.
>
> I must try that if I ever get stopped for speeding - "Sorry Officer, I was
> driving faster so as to make more noise, thus more effectively alerting
> other road users to my presence". Yes, that might just work ... :-) I
> might choose to omit the bit about deer and their single-minded
> concentration on sex though !
>
> Anyway, Chris, that's all fine for you to say - you get your speed kicks a
> few more feet above ground level :-)
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