Thursday, October 07, 2004
Films v Reality
If you see someone in a film running away from something (eg a car) it is likely that it is about to explode. If you see someone in real life running away from something (eg a car) it is likely that they are late for something. In this way reality is often less exciting, but much more peaceful than the land of film. This is something I thought briefly about today when I saw a woman running away from a car which didn't subsequently explode. She was probably late for something.
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In real life, burning cars don't explode except in extremely rare circumstances. Ambulance services believe that Hollywood may be responsible for some significant percentage of RTA deaths due to people with severe injuries being pulled out of burning cars in case they explode.
I guess it depends to a large extent how badly the car is burning.
No, it depends to a large extent whether or not you're actively injecting oxygen into the car's fuel tank, and the petrol has sufficient space to form a vapour in there. Neither of which are usually the case!
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