19 May
2015
19 May
'15
2:47 p.m.
This is just when I'm on a highway with banked turns. Not on a flat road. ——Dan
On May 19, 2015, at 11:52 AM, Dan Asimov <asimov@msri.org> wrote:
I almost always step on the accelerator pedal when rounding a curve, just to maintain the same speed.
——Dan
On May 19, 2015, at 9:28 AM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
My driver's ed teacher taught us "Never accelerate when making a turn." I objected that, in the physics sense, it is impossible make a turn without accelerating. The teacher, who taught gym when he wasn't teaching driver's ed, wasn't amused.