Paging car crash experts

The advantages of that position are fairly obvious, but I've always
though that the benefits are offset by the person in the forward-facing
seat opposite flying into me with similar force.

The old seatbelt ad with the elephant charging through the windscreen
comes to mind.

 

*lovely*

 

Oh oh, me sir, please sir.

Straight into a 12ft high countryside hedgerow at some speed[1] flipping
me upwards were I did a double somersault and landed on top of said hedge,
on my back. Stood up to find a queue of traffic and 10 people wandering
around the field going "where the **** is he". I took a bow, and jumped
down into the field, which was only a 5ft drop on that side.

[1] The speed[2] increases with each telling, and depends on how drunk I
am. But I did have the peg down on the ZXR-750 when I lost the back, so at
that point it was probably 60 or so, and I didn't think about braking.
[2] and height

 

Yes,yes but which way were you sat facing on the bike?

 

Assuming a head on collision, backwards I believe. Lessens the chance
of whiplash injuries and obviously you won't get thrown in the
direction of travel.

I remember it being suggested that on a train you should try and sit
in one of the rear facing seats.

 

Backwards obviously. Why do you think I crashed?

 

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I still recall the St. Johns fellow on the bonnet asking if I'm alright
whilst I desperately tried to reverse off the fence.

The bruises from the straps turned into a pleasant green colour a week or
so later.

 

Turns out that it's also a perfect training background for
mechanic-ing and endurance bike!

 

Yebbut Captain Scarlet's indestructible [1]. He could be tied to the
bumper, dragged along and still be alright.

[1] bam bam bam bam bam bam bammmm

 

Even as a child I thought Captain Scarlet was shit. Was there actually
an episode where he didn't get seriously fucked over by the Mysterons?

 

Depends on the aircraft, I think. I've been in an RAF VC10 that had
rearward-facing seats. A couple of hercs just had sideways-facing
folding canvas seats.

 

Joe 90 was harder than both of them put together ...

 

Dedicated passenger types - VC10, Tristar, 125 have rearwards facing,
the Hercs have the folding jobs as they're not really people movers,
the seats are usually for passngers that leave the aircraft mid flight
;-)

 

The civilian aircraft that I've been in that carried "non-landing"
passengers didn't have seats at all!

 

Civil airlines don't follow the

It's not scary, but the incline can indeed be steep when facing backwards.

 

Bear says...

That's what made him double hard. Imagine what he'd be like as an adult

 

Aye, but sky diving generally happens over the airfield of departure,
or close thereto! It's a bit different for Paras...

 

the cont known as flash says...

Baby on the way?

 

I can't think of any reason on Ged's earth why I'd allow myself to be
strapped into a Glastonbury portaloo. They could use them for
extracting secrets from captured spies.

I was going to say they'd sing like a canary, but if the canary had
been in beforehand it'd be dead.

 

You big jessie. Glastonbury portaloos are heaven compared with those
found at Reading. Besides, at Glasto you want to use the long-drops.