Sunday 15 October 2006

Motor Cycle Going Past

Just gone to bed the other night when a motor bike went past the house. The road has parked cars on one side and is fairly narrow. Two cars can pass providing one is stationary. To the north of the house is a side road, the entrance of which is hidden by the parked cars. To the south of the house is a slight bend and it was from this direction the bike approached. Now judging by the time it took the bike to:-
approach, 1 nano second,
pass the house, a smidgen of a nano second,
disappear up the road, 9 tenths of a nano second
and comparing these times with the time it takes vehicles driven normally and even with vehicles driven at excessively dangerous speeds like 60 mph along the road I would conservatively estimate this bike's speed to have been in excess of 120 mph.

Now if he is still alive I would like to shake the riders hand. Not to congratulate him, just in the hope that some of his luck will rub off on to me.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sure it wasn't a late night Leyland running light to Garage - they seem able to travel at supersonic speeds - according to his Module Book off time last Saturday one of our lot managed just over 16 miles in 6 minutes...I suppose alternatively...?