B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for October 15, 2023

Launch control..  well more launch, less control

Too bad nobody got that on video.

Not the 1st time!

Steering would help, really.

A LITTLE???

Now he has road burn on his bum. Gonna need a lotta lotion.

Never try to drift-turn on a unicycle.

Ancestor of Max Verstappen.

always brake going in, accelerate going out

Oh, for crying out loud….

Yeah, that’s gonna sting for a while…

Couple weeks ago I was heading into town right after a bit of rain. As I looked into a turn I see a BMW coming the other way is in a skid. I stop and watch it all develop. By the time he comes to a rest (about 20 feet in front of me) he’s done a 270 and barely kept it on the pavement (really he’s mostly on the shoulder of my side of the road). Interesting part is a couple years ago the state paved all the sharper curves on that road with special high traction asphalt to reduce accidents. I’d guess he came into the turn a little hot.

“Now can you be a good chap and call me an ambulance?”

Ah yes the joy and glory of road rash !

I thought for a second that was dead man’s curve, but I guess it was only broken man’s curve.

Three frames between jump and finish……..maybe a record?

One of the advantages of EV’s is that roll overs are far less likely due the the weight of the battery being at the base of the vehicle.

I will take a turn as fast as the conditions allow safely. It’s called conservation of momentum. I cannot see wearing away expensive brake pads to slow down and burn expensive gasoline to accelerate out of the turn.

HOWEVER, I take my foot off the accelerator well before the turn to coast down to a safe speed. I will sometimes apply the accelerator at the end of the turn as the radius to curvature decreases.

My college Physics professor, a guy by the name of Newton, taught me this.

Ironically, I still get better mileage out of my tires than average.

https://youtu.Be/MUL5w91dzbo

It looks like you did.

Speed kills.

I see Red Skelton in panel 2

I’d agree. Look at all the damage you did to the road. You’re in big trouble the bucko.

Genuine Wiley Coyote stop.

Why did they (whomever they are ) put up guard rails?

Haven’t invented steering yet?

I still see a lot of these guys on these electric mono-wheels that did not get the word about the recall to correct a seriously dangerous fault in the balance control system.

Reminiscent of crossing oblique RR tracks across our bikeway. My partner broke an axel.

I did that on a BMW motorcycle once in the mountains of Arizona.

Been there done that, but in my case it was a icy street and I made a couple of 360s. Ended up on some trolley tracks in the middle of the street, fortunately it was late at night.

He’s practicing for the cross-country unicycle race, so he has to make some bold moves if he wants to place

If you can keep the wheels spinning at a rate consistent with the speed, and keep them aligned with the direction of travel you will have traction which is why locking your brakes on icy surfaces causes you to skid.

I’ve learned to do this very well. If I can’t stop, at least I can pick what I want to hit. One time it was the hole between two cars doing 360s.

Mulholland Drive claims it’s first victim.