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Have you ever thought ...
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 1.
How does the driver of the snowplough get to work in the mornings?
2.
Why are cigarettes sold in petrol stations when smoking is prohibited
there ?
3. Why is it that when you transport something
by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something
by ship, it's called cargo ?
4. Why is it that when you're driving and
looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio
?
5. Why does your speedometer measure speeds
well beyond the engine's performance and over the maximum legal
limit ?
6. If you were driving a vehicle at the speed
of light, what would happen when you turn on the headlights?
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Have you ever also thought ...
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| 1. |
Why
are cigarettes sold in petrol stations when smoking is prohibited
there ? |
| 2. |
Why is it that
when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment,
but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo
? |
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Why is it that
when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down
the volume on the radio ? |
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Why does your
speedometer measure speeds well beyond the engine's performance
and over the maximum legal limit ? |
| 5. |
If you were
driving a vehicle at the speed of light, what would happen
when you turn on the headlights? |
| 6. |
How does the
guy who drives the snowplough get to work in the mornings? |
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Have
you ever thought about driving styles in Hollywood Films
? The producers research films
to ensure that what we see is true and believable so that
we, the motoring public, get swept up in the fantasy of
the film.
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Have you noticed that ...
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When
travelling by car, the driver always recognises all the persons
passing in the opposite direction. |
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If someone has
`fixed' the footbrake in the car, the driver never use the
handbrake and the gears to slow down, at least not until the
last moment. |
| 3. |
Cars often end
up on cliff-edges with 2 wheels in the open air. The good
guys are saved just before the car falls over, the bad guys
join the car in the free fall, often caused by a bird setting
down on the part of the car hanging over the edge. |
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When
speeding cars hit a parked car, they fly up into the air while
the parked car doesn't even wiggle. |
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All
cars seem to run on diesel rather than petrol (hence the copious
black smoke). |
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Watch
steering wheels in movie cars, especially in `through the
windshield looking at the driver' shots. 9 times out of 10,
the spokes of the wheel, which one would think should be horizontal,
or close to it, are vertical, ie, one can see one of the wheel
spokes vertical, above the dash, in front of the driver's
face, even when driving straight. |
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There
are no 'Stop' signs in movie land. Wherever you have to drive,
no matter how close or far away it is, you never have to stop
before you get there. |
| 8. |
Film
cars do not have inside rear-view mirrors. Most of them do,
however, have an approximately 1" grey spot on the inside
of the windshield where the mirror would normally mount. |
| 9. |
Film
cars never start the first time when the good guy is running
away from the bad guy. |
| 10. |
Movie
characters driving in the city will get to park wherever they
like when they get to their destination. |
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Sudden
acceleration of a car, forwards or backwards causes a loud
screech of the tyres, even on dirt or wet roads. Be prepared.
Each wheel is also fitted with a smoke device to let you know
when this happens. Hollywood cars are also special ... when
you take off quickly, you always leave a tyre mark for each
drive wheel, regardless of whether you have a limited slip
differential or not. |
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Pedestrians
in Hollywood have the world's best reactions, so don't worry
if you have to drive down a side road. Mr Pappodopolus is
quite used to having his fruit cart smashed, and despite his
gesticulations and curses, he always manages to get out of
the way in time. |
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There
are always people carrying around large sheets of glass on
the street during a car chase. |
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The
person behind the wheel is talking to and looking at their
passenger for the entire journey without actually looking
at the road, such as in 'When Harry Met Sally'. |
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Cars
chasing each other in the middle of a city will not suffer
enough damage to stop the chase. |
| 16. |
People
being chased by a car will keep running down the middle of
the road instead of ducking in somewhere where a car cannot
go. |
| 17. |
A
car will always explode when shot at, unless the hero is driving
it. |
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