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What I meant was if your face was just too close to the steering wheel.

I think my driving position is normal; arms slightly flected, legs in a way that I have a small slack when I press the clutch all the way down, and I don't like the seat leaned back as it's painful on my back and feels unnatural.
Of course, while driving karts (slower than the ones you mentioned) it's entirely different, as there's no adjustments whatsoever.
 
It doesn't matter what your driving position, when an airbag goes off it is going to hurt you somehow. Either by smacking into your face or by burning your arms.
 
Beerz
What I meant was if your face was just too close to the steering wheel.
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I'm pretty sure it wasn't. I'm 1m82, with a very healthy driving position. An airbag just isn't a fluffy pillow, it's the lesser of two evils - the more evil being your solid steering wheel. :crazy:
I think my driving position is normal; arms slightly flected, legs in a way that I have a small slack when I press the clutch all the way down, and I don't like the seat leaned back as it's painful on my back and feels unnatural.
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Milford Cubicle
It doesn't matter what your driving position, when an airbag goes off it is going to hurt you somehow. Either by smacking into your face or by burning your arms.
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A small price to pay, considering your face and arms will still be attached to your body.
 
Which reminds me to ask: What is it about driving-positions that many female drivers (I'm focusing on young drivers, my age who just started driving) tend to sit very close to the wheel, while males seem to drive as far away from the wheel as they can?
 
I think the closer driving position ensured that women could generate more force by turning the steering wheel closer to the body, or it was that this position in some way made longer driving stints easier (or so Phil Walters said). This close position also allows for a better view of the road, which is important for some female drivers (thus they purchase large vehicles, for the position among other reasons).

Men, in the meantime, tended to share no such desire and perhaps this reclining driving position evolved from the seating positions of various sportscar drivers or sportscars, or possibly from the 1960s F1 cars, where this position was popular for improved aerodynamics and ergonomics.
 
The young females do it because they can't see over the flippin' wheel, and don't know how to work the wheel & seat position.

And the young males do that so they think they're ballin'...in their Eclipse...with the fake-arsed spoiler trying to look Matte Black....



Just my experience with your question, though. :)
 
That's pretty much what I suspected with boys - something with the "racey" seating-position.

I just thought that, well, sitting close enough for the breasts to actuate the horn is a tad dangerous in a crash?


Perhaps the close position is also a thing of confidence - "keep your enemies closer"? :p
 
Can someone please tell me the name of the ship in this picture and where it's from?

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(Not the gundam...
 
Aircraft seem a bit extraneous considering the suits... I cannot answer that.

Is it true that leaving toilet seats up or down is a gender issue?
 
superberkut
Is it true that leaving toilet seats up or down is a gender issue?
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It isn't. It's a matter of education.

I, for one, always leave the lid closed. Many men don't over here, but I guess that's down to their habits - I've noticed Germans leave the lid down far more.

BayConRong
Why is it that when ever I try to drive one lap around the 'ring, I will crash somewhere?
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Because you push it too hard?
 
Kylehnat
A small price to pay, considering your face and arms will still be attached to your body.
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You are quite correct. I was merely illustrating that an airbag will injure you when it goes off, not that it's a bad thing considering it may well save your life. I suspect some people are under the illusion that in a crash where the airbag is deployed, they may get off scot free.
 
Delirious?
Can someone please tell me the name of the ship in this picture and where it's from?

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(Not the gundam...
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I was going to answer this one, daan already did.
I miss that show, made my childhood. Though I suspect if I saw it now, it'd lose its magic...

superberkut
Is it true that leaving toilet seats up or down is a gender issue?
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Usually is, imo.
I believe the 'education issue' is overrated.
Men have to lift it, women have to lower it. It's the way things are, not fair for one of the genders (men) having to both lift and lower the seats.
Divided assignments.

BayConRong
Why is it that when ever I try to drive one lap around the 'ring, I will crash somewhere?
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You have to pay more attention to the road and memorize the track like the back of your hand.

Milford Cubicle
You are quite correct. I was merely illustrating that an airbag will injure you when it goes off, not that it's a bad thing considering it may well save your life. I suspect some people are under the illusion that in a crash where the airbag is deployed, they may get off scot free.
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Airbags are designed to function in conjunction with the seat belt.
In all honesty, I find it just stupid to drive without a seatbelt to begin with, and people that have a car with airbags and don't wear seatbelts, on some occasions, probably be better off without the airbag.
 
Beerz
I was going to answer this one, daan already did.
I miss that show, made my childhood. Though I suspect if I saw it now, it'd lose its magic...
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They still make the comic. I forgot who the publishing company is, though.
 
That woud be Dynamite Entertainment, I believe.

On topic of questions, is there a fundamental technique that applies to most successful physiotherapy methods?
 
-Diego-
They still make the comic. I forgot who the publishing company is, though.
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superberkut
That woud be Dynamite Entertainment, I believe.
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I had no idea, but it can't be compared to the actual show.
I remember in school everyone (boys mostly) tried to mimic the Cylons' voices. :lol:

On topic of questions, is there a fundamental technique that applies to most successful physiotherapy methods?
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It's too broad to narrow it down to one technique.
The one I think can be applied to more cases is:
"don't be a wimp, take it like a man"
 
Stig22121
Why are random threads not allowed?
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They become a spam fest in which useless posts just get spewed into until a moderator locks it. Thus a moderator will lock a random thread before it gets filled with spam.
 
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it, where's said forest?

Also specify tree species that fell.
 
daan
If a car was in a serious car crash, and all it's airbags were set off, would it be lighter? (assume no bits fell off)
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I have a question: Does anybody know how to correctly use the subjunctive mood?

(;))
 
daan
If a car was in a serious car crash, and all it's airbags were set off, would it be lighter? (assume no bits fell off)
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Yes. The solid explosive is designed to expel a certain amount of gas, which will dissipate into the atmosphere through the fibre mesh of the bag. I suppose if you assumed the cabin was completely airtight and no-one opened the doors, then maybe no.
 
Sage
I have a question: Does anybody know how to correctly use the subjunctive mood?

(;))
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You've been reading "The English Language: Notes from an American to a Scotsman."

Next up on the GTPlanet Learning Channel, "Per Ardua ad Astra", a series of aeronautical lectures delivered to breezeblocks by a Mexican Horned Pit Viper.
 
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