it is perfectly understandable if people do not understand physics at all, but they should at the very least have some faith in friction. if it wasn't for friction, walking would not be made possible. if it wasn't for friction, wheel would not be the greatest invention. and if it wasn't for friction, sex and pleasure would never be associated with each other. but that's beside the point; the point is people's brains need to tell their owner's right feet that whenever it's not pressing on the gas pedal, it does NOT have to be pressing the brake pedal. it can rest on the floor, stomp on the floor, do aerobics, anything but pressing the brake pedal. have a little faith in friction, people. the car will slow down without you having to hit the brake pedal.
the distance between you and the car in front is too close, you say? well, that's your fault. all of us who took the written driving test know that the dmv handbook says that the distance between you and the car in front of you has to be AT LEAST three seconds away. which means if you are driving 70mph on the freeway, you have to be at least 300 feet away behind the car in front of you. 308 feet to be exact. here's the formula for those of you who don't believe me:
where d is the 3-second distance between you and the car in front, v is your speed, 5280 is conversion unit from miles to feet, and 3/3600 is 3 seconds in an hour. obviously the distance will increase as you go faster and decrease as you go slower.
saw march of the penguins today with david and jen. fell napping couple times. actually, enough to miss the penguin-eating seal. average movie, i'd say. aside from the cuteness of the penguin (yes, ocean, it reminded me of you, that's why i fell asleep), documentary isn't really my type of movie. penguin vomit was great though. i wish i could cough up something edible. and when little penguins still have gray fur, they look like a bunch of russians in the middle of a snowstorm.
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