From: tcora@pica.army.mil (Tom Coradeschi)
Subject: Re: Live Free, but Quietly, or Die
Organization: Elect Armts Div, US Army Armt RDE Ctr, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
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mcguire@cs.utexas.edu (Tommy Marcus McGuire) wrote:
> 
> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
> >tjohnson@tazmanian.prime.com (Tod Johnson (617) 275-1800 x2317) writes:
> [...]
> >>Sure there are horns but my hand is already on the throttle. Should we
> >>get into how many feet a bike going 55mph goes in .30 seconds; or
> >>how long it would take me to push my horn button??
> [...]
> >The answer is 161.33 feet.
> [...]
> 
> Try something like 24.2 feet. 
> 
> EdGetACalculator

Right. ROM numbers (easy to remember) 100 mph ~= 150 ft/sec.

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