<smacks self on forehead> I should have given more background in my Story Math Problem involving the half-a-ton of horse-and-rider at 20mph...I was of course thinking of _Darby and me_, and projecting that an attacker had our escape route blocked off, or was threatening a student...
I guesstimated that Darby would hit ~20mph in the 10-20 strides I envisioned before 'contact' in the above scenario; I've paced him at roughly 25-28mph flat-out (unless the cars in the 40mph zone were going faster, which might actually push him up to 30mph). [VT wrote:] > http://www.kgun9.com/story.asp?TitleID=3401&ProgramOption=News > > > > DIRT BIKER LASSOED OFF HIS BIKE by Terry Gonzalez > > > > A 33-year-old Tucson man is recovering after > > being lassoed off his dirt bike! > > Brian Corell, his step-son, and another boy > > were riding their dirt bikes > > here in the Pantano wash Sunday afternoon. > > Corell says the next thing he remembers is > > waking up in the middle of a > > CAT scan at University Medical Center. > > The two boys with Corell say the three were > > riding along at about 30 > > miles an hour, when two men on horseback galloped > >up behind them. 14-year-old > > Bobby Badertscher is Corell?s stepson, "The man > > lassoed Brian causing him to fall to the ground." > > > > [I suspect this is not the truth. If horses only > > gallop at 20 mph.] > > Actually, Thoroughbreds have been clocked at 40mph > according to The Jockey Club, and the Irish Horse > Society says 45mph. > http://www.jockeyclub.com/thoroughbredHistory.asp > http://www.irishhorsesociety.com/horsedata/horsefacts.htm <snip> > But for a horse to _catch up_ to a motorbike going at > 30mph would take a top sprinter starting very close > to the bike, and it would have to be done in under a > quarter-mile (as horses cannot sustain top speed for > any longer). Not to mention that at ~30mph I strongly suspect a rope around a human neck would seriously injure if not kill a person, depending on how fast the horse stopped (calf-roping horses are trained to slide to a halt as soon as they feel the rope pulling - but maybe this cowboy didn't dally the rope to the horn, just kept it in his hand...) Pretty stupid trick to pull, with serious potential for death or permanent injury to the ropee, who wouldn't deserve such a fate unless he/they had committed a *truly* horrible crime which the roper witnessed and so made a 'citizen's arrest.' Look, Ma, No Brains! Maru ;P __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
