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human powered vehicles - Dustie - 06-22-2009

I had no clue that human powered vehicles were achieving these speeds:

Quote:In 2008, Sam Whittingham became the World Champion and won the $25,000 .Decimach prize with a speed of 82.33 mph.

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http://www.ihpva.org/land.htm

On water, there's a craft that went 21 mph on the surface. Submersibles are getting into the 12 mph range.

Re: human powered vehicles - Thudz - 06-22-2009

Energy is energy. Just because it's human powered doesn't mean it's free. Cool none the less.

Re: human powered vehicles - Dustie - 06-22-2009

Thudz Wrote:Energy is energy. Just because it's human powered doesn't mean it's free. Cool none the less.

I'm not arguing for energy independence or anything here!

But seriously, 82 mph!? That's amazing.

Re: human powered vehicles - Thudz - 06-22-2009

Dustie Wrote:
Thudz Wrote:Energy is energy. Just because it's human powered doesn't mean it's free. Cool none the less.

I'm not arguing for energy independence or anything here!

But seriously, 82 mph!? That's amazing.

Gears, it's all in the gears.

Re: human powered vehicles - Dustie - 06-22-2009

Thudz Wrote:
Dustie Wrote:
Thudz Wrote:Energy is energy. Just because it's human powered doesn't mean it's free. Cool none the less.

I'm not arguing for energy independence or anything here!

But seriously, 82 mph!? That's amazing.

Gears, it's all in the gears.

That and reducing wind resistance

Re: human powered vehicles - Diggles - 06-22-2009

I CAN HAZ CHEEZEBURGR?

Re: human powered vehicles - Vanraw - 06-22-2009

That is really cool. I had no idea either. 82 MPH is crazy.

So if he was using this thing down the highway would he get a ticket?

Re: human powered vehicles - Dustie - 06-22-2009

Vanraw Wrote:That is really cool. I had no idea either. 82 MPH is crazy.

So if he was using this thing down the highway would he get a ticket?

I'm guessing he'd probably hit a pot hole and die before they would issue the ticket =)

Re: human powered vehicles - Thudz - 06-23-2009

Vanraw Wrote:That is really cool. I had no idea either. 82 MPH is crazy.

So if he was using this thing down the highway would he get a ticket?


I'm almost positive the law applies to motor vehicles only. Probably a loophole but you could probably win in court.

Re: human powered vehicles - Moristans - 06-23-2009

It would probably depend more on state law. Here in California, any person operating a vehicle on public roads, even a bicyclist, is expected to obey all traffic laws and signs. Bicyclists, in fact, can be cited if they are ridden as if they are pedestrians (on sidewalks, in crosswalks).

Re: human powered vehicles - Thudz - 06-23-2009

Moristans Wrote:It would probably depend more on state law. Here in California, any person operating a vehicle on public roads, even a bicyclist, is expected to obey all traffic laws and signs. Bicyclists, in fact, can be cited if they are ridden as if they are pedestrians (on sidewalks, in crosswalks).


I was addressing speeding specifically. Do bicyclists have to obey speed signs? I don't think anyone has ever challenged that.

Re: human powered vehicles - Moristans - 06-23-2009

Affirmative. Cali bicycles must obey all traffic laws. You can even be cited with a DUI, with all the same penalties as any other vehicle covered by the CVC, for riding a bike intoxicated in Cali.

Re: human powered vehicles - Dustie - 06-24-2009

Moristans Wrote:Affirmative. Cali bicycles must obey all traffic laws. You can even be cited with a DUI, with all the same penalties as any other vehicle covered by the CVC, for riding a bike intoxicated in Cali.

Holy cow. Can you imagine the embarrassment of getting a DUI while riding a bike?!

Re: human powered vehicles - Diggles - 06-24-2009

Moristans Wrote:Affirmative. Cali bicycles must obey all traffic laws. You can even be cited with a DUI, with all the same penalties as any other vehicle covered by the CVC, for riding a bike intoxicated in Cali.


Every time I see bicyclists pick and choose which traffic laws they want to obey, I must resist the urge to run them over/off the road.

Re: human powered vehicles - Moristans - 06-25-2009

Yeah, but most bicyclists don't even know they are supposed to be obeying traffic laws. Hell, most motorists don't know bicyclists are supposed to be obeying traffic laws. I can't tell you how many times I've been on my bike in the left hand turn lane and was told to get back on to the sidewalk.

Re: human powered vehicles - Hoofhurr - 06-25-2009

Flagstaff is a bike friendly town but I've had lots of friends get cited for DUIs while riding bikes. Sucks ass.

Re: human powered vehicles - dilznic - 06-26-2009

I had a buddy get a DUI riding a friends bike home from a party after choosing to leave his car there for the night. He was pretty pissed.

Re: human powered vehicles - Jakensama - 06-26-2009

Dustie Wrote:Holy cow. Can you imagine the embarrassment of getting a DUI while riding a bike?!

If you get caught riding a bike drunk here you can get your drivers license revoked. Then to get it back you have to pay 10,000 euro or so and pass a psychological exam.

Re: human powered vehicles - Diggles - 06-26-2009

Jakensama Wrote:
Dustie Wrote:Holy cow. Can you imagine the embarrassment of getting a DUI while riding a bike?!

If you get caught riding a bike drunk here you can get your drivers license revoked. Then to get it back you have to pay 10,000 euro or so and pass a psychological exam.

If they legalized marjana and other non hardcore drugs they could severly increase the penalty to DUI's and free up over 50% of prison space, not to mention prevent the 'hardcorization' that occurs when non violent drug offenders have to survive in prison. With half of prison space freed up, we'd have room for drunk drivers that kill people usually dont see a day in prison.

Re: human powered vehicles - Jakensama - 06-26-2009

If you kill someone while drunk you usually see prison time.

Agree with everything else though

Re: human powered vehicles - Dustie - 06-29-2009

I had forgot to mention that the reason I even looked into these human powered vehicles was that we just had the "International Sub Races" last week. I got the chance to be a support diver and under water camera man at the event. It was pretty cool. Some subs just sank whereas others really took off, much faster then I could swim with scuba gear on and a camera.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=human-powered-subs

http://www.wmtw.com/news/19873433/detail.html

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0609/635489_video.html?ref=newsstory

Re: human powered vehicles - Zouji - 07-01-2009

Hmm you sure human powered vehicles aren't a step backwards rather than forward?

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I wonder if wonder if Fred Flintstone will endorse these vehicles.

Re: human powered vehicles - Dustie - 07-01-2009

Zouji Wrote:Hmm you sure human powered vehicles aren't a step backwards rather than forward?

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I wonder if wonder if Fred Flintstone will endorse these vehicles.

Well, Fred's car didn't go 82 mph =)

Re: human powered vehicles - Thudz - 07-01-2009

Dustie Wrote:
Zouji Wrote:Hmm you sure human powered vehicles aren't a step backwards rather than forward?

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I wonder if wonder if Fred Flintstone will endorse these vehicles.

Well, Fred's car didn't go 82 mph =)

Yeah but it seated 4 plus a pet dino.