Old Top Gear 1992 - Tyre Safety

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  • Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
  • Old Top gear from 1992. The team look at the new laws which mean that tyre treads have to be thicker. They also compare the stopping distance between cars with tyres which the old law stated, and the new one. Taken from season 15, episode 1.

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  • @IainInLondon
    @IainInLondon 8 лет назад +8

    1:06 Haven't seen one of those jackets in years - I always wanted one when I was young but couldn't afford.

  • @dragonbutt
    @dragonbutt 7 лет назад +10

    Wow. A car with zero tread still stops in the wet? o___o

  • @jonburgess4179
    @jonburgess4179 4 года назад +2

    The vox pops in this segment are fantastic :)

  • @leopold7562
    @leopold7562 6 лет назад +3

    It's an interesting stat that more tread doesn't equate to better grip in the wet, although at 2:55 you can clearly hear the 7mm tread squealing off the tarmac on the wet road.

  • @jml8841
    @jml8841 13 лет назад +4

    @mohammedosman88 If the wheels lock up during hard braking (No ABS on the red car), the RPM reduces to zero and the engine will stall. So that's why he presses the clutch down al well as the brake. During normal braking the wheels wouldn't lock up so you could use the engine braking as an additional slowing down effect.

  • @maxeluy
    @maxeluy 6 лет назад +1

    Get a 2018 volvo and you see short breaks, what an improvement over 28 years in truck safety

  • @burkezillar
    @burkezillar 10 лет назад +20

    I thought you were supposed to pump the brake pedal on non-ABS cars if they locked up?

    • @dufonrafal
      @dufonrafal 7 лет назад +3

      Michael Burke nope, not really

    • @AlejjSi
      @AlejjSi 6 лет назад +1

      Only on wet or icy surface. In the dry, you slow down better if you lock up. And of course, you should pump the brake if you want to brake and steer too.

    • @kaptinkeiff
      @kaptinkeiff 6 лет назад +3

      Pump? My car doesn't have ABS (Honda version of the car used here), I just let it off slightly, keeping it on the edge of traction. Seems to slow it fastest.

    • @mscigniewrudzinski5053
      @mscigniewrudzinski5053 6 лет назад +1

      kaptinkeiff this is the proper way of doing it this is how rally and racing drivers do it. I had an abs malfunction and luckily I did this braking automatically which saved me from crashing.

    • @leopold7562
      @leopold7562 6 лет назад +2

      It's called "cadence braking" and the idea is you release and reapply the brakes to prevent them locking up. It's a myth that locking up the brakes slows you faster, as breaking traction means you're sliding rather than stopping.

  • @Nixter1974007
    @Nixter1974007 3 дня назад

    05:07 haha headcase in the Fiesta 😂

  • @buba4267
    @buba4267 6 лет назад

    I KNEW that voice sounded familiar

  • @defunctt
    @defunctt 3 года назад

    1:05 "is it one......something". oh how i laughed. think the world turns too fast for this bloke

  • @kansalta
    @kansalta 7 лет назад +2

    I like this stiff upper lip Tiff.

  • @e36racer44
    @e36racer44 6 лет назад +1

    Music sounds like granstand

  • @Joshuadrooney
    @Joshuadrooney 13 лет назад +1

    @mohammedosman88 So it doesn't stall.

  • @johnazhderian5734
    @johnazhderian5734 7 лет назад +3

    Just wear the tires down to the cords and see what happens! This is the hillbilly standard!

    • @dragonbutt
      @dragonbutt 7 лет назад +2

      Naw, the hillbilly standard is a bald tire with grooves re-cut :D

  • @Greig300
    @Greig300 13 лет назад

    Good review thanks

  • @Freakschwimmer
    @Freakschwimmer 7 лет назад

    6:15
    40 Yards @ 60 mph is quite short but for a good car it should just about be enough

  • @VideoNarstee
    @VideoNarstee 6 лет назад +2

    2018 - Road Safety starts and ends with driving below 30mph

  • @OnajTamo
    @OnajTamo 6 лет назад

    Old old top gear.

  • @igninis
    @igninis 7 лет назад

    WOW watching and listening to sTiff and not puking? amazing :)

  • @mohammedosman88
    @mohammedosman88 13 лет назад

    @Joshuadrooney , And what about engine braking? I always keep the car in gear while braking to make the brakes more effective and just before the car stops I press the clutch, This is the pro way IMHO.

    • @mattarnold198
      @mattarnold198 7 лет назад

      The pro way is to downshift as you brake and blip the throttle each time you disengage the clutch. It's more effective and easier to do with longer gears as an engine would decelerate quicker from 7,000 rpm to 6,000 than from 6,000 to 5,000 and if it's connected to the driving wheels, they too decelerate quicker.

  • @mohammedosman88
    @mohammedosman88 13 лет назад

    Excellent review ! But why is he pressing down the clutch pedal during braking!!???

    • @context_required
      @context_required 7 лет назад

      mohammedosman88 it healps break

    • @Jakesbikes
      @Jakesbikes 7 лет назад +1

      eevee trained ninjask Breaking with the clutch down removes engine breaking from the equation, maybe necessery for this test, but the addition of engine breaking does help in slowing the car quicker

    • @Alexander-lv2mi
      @Alexander-lv2mi 7 лет назад +2

      mohammedosman88 Because you don't want to kill the engine, with the engine off the breake servo and stearing servo don't work (excuse my bad english)

    • @dxutube
      @dxutube 7 лет назад

      Jake Thompson Learn to spell

    • @e36racer44
      @e36racer44 6 лет назад

      * learn how to spell