WEBVTT - How Death-Proof Cars Work

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<v Speaker 1>and double jointed edit tricks, Candice Gibson. How are you, Candice? So, Candice,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to join me? And given a shout out

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<v Speaker 1>to our favorite listener. Okay, so, hey Billy, thanks for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>We hope you enjoyed this podcast as much as the others. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>And what we're talking about this week is Deathproof cars,

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<v Speaker 1>which is just super cool. Candice. Have you ever seen

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<v Speaker 1>the movie Deathproof? Candice? Have you ever seen the movie Ghostbusters? No? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>well you need to see both. Well, we'll just talk

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<v Speaker 1>about death Proof now. I'll tell you about Ghostbusters later. So. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>in the movie, uh, there's a guy named stuntman Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's got this car. But I know a really

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<v Speaker 1>cool car when I see one, And something in Mike's

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<v Speaker 1>car is cool in aces. It's a nineteen seventy Chevy

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<v Speaker 1>Nova and it has like a skull with lightning bolts

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<v Speaker 1>for crossbones on the hood and he has a reinforced

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<v Speaker 1>with steel beams, shadow proof glass, five points seatbelt, all

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<v Speaker 1>this other stuff. Um. And the reason he has gone

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<v Speaker 1>to the trouble of death proofing his car is because

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<v Speaker 1>he loves to ram it into other people's cars at

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<v Speaker 1>high speeds and kill him. So he just generally reeks

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<v Speaker 1>havoc on the highway. And something in Mike's car is

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<v Speaker 1>death proof. He walks away from it several times. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And it turns out that they're in real life and

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<v Speaker 1>this is just a movie as far as we know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not based on any real life events hopefully. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>But in real life there are some people who are

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about death proof cars, but they're kind of taking

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<v Speaker 1>it in another direction. You know much about that, Candice.

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<v Speaker 1>I do, and I'll redeem myself since I lack movie knowledge.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a European commission called they Prevent Safety Research Group,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're very lofty goal is to reduce auto accidents

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<v Speaker 1>in Europe by fifty cent by the year. And to

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<v Speaker 1>this end, a very well renowned European automaker Revolvo. Volvo

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<v Speaker 1>I used to have one to I have one, and

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<v Speaker 1>actually our producer Jerry admitted that she had one as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So Volvos are very popular around the office. I'll love

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<v Speaker 1>those bees. Um, they have a vowed to make an

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<v Speaker 1>injury proof car by and it's not going to be

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<v Speaker 1>injury proof. And the way that stuntman Mikes is it's

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<v Speaker 1>actually going to rely on digital features to reinforce it.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's a that's a pretty good thing actually because

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<v Speaker 1>stuntman Mike, he's a hard driver. But for the most part,

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<v Speaker 1>we humans tend to fold like card tables under pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>especially when it comes to collisions. Yeah, well they're pretty scary.

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<v Speaker 1>And the way that our our brain works just a

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<v Speaker 1>short little lesson for you. You can read more about

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<v Speaker 1>it and healthier works on how stuff works dot com. Essentially,

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<v Speaker 1>when you perceive something that's kind of harry, your brain

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<v Speaker 1>interpret systemulus and start sending chemicals through your body to

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<v Speaker 1>help with your reaction to that. Your fight or flight syndrome,

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<v Speaker 1>and some things that happen are like your breathing speeds

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<v Speaker 1>up and your heart starts racing, and your muscles tense

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<v Speaker 1>up and you can't always react. And in the case

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<v Speaker 1>of auto accidents, that's pretty scary because in fifty of

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<v Speaker 1>rare end collisions, people don't even apply the brakes because

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<v Speaker 1>they're too frozen in fear and actually a big whopping

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<v Speaker 1>one point one seconds path before drivers in the phase

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<v Speaker 1>of an impending collision do anything at all. Yeah, which

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<v Speaker 1>which goes to lending creams to my theory that humans

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<v Speaker 1>are useless and I'm not the only one who thinks

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<v Speaker 1>to see that these engineers that prevent are basically taking

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<v Speaker 1>humans out of the equation when it comes to facing

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<v Speaker 1>a collision. Right. Um, there's already a lot of features

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<v Speaker 1>on the digital car that you mentioned, which is another

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<v Speaker 1>article on how stuff works dot com um, and there

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<v Speaker 1>are there are all sorts of like safety features that

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<v Speaker 1>are popping up on high end luxury ours, uh, like

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<v Speaker 1>the blind spot detection system, which uses sensors to detect

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<v Speaker 1>when a car is in your blind spot and you

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<v Speaker 1>can't see it, or um collision prevention systems, which also

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<v Speaker 1>use sensors to tell when you're coming up really fast

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<v Speaker 1>on another obstacle at stakes self tightening seat belts, breaks

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<v Speaker 1>that can adjust pressure for your foot and all of

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<v Speaker 1>these features like combined to gather are going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a part of this injury proof car. And what's more,

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<v Speaker 1>you know we mentioned breaks that increase pressure for you

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<v Speaker 1>if you can't quite break as hard as you like

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<v Speaker 1>to you before you hit something there you like myself,

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<v Speaker 1>um but this car could actually break for you. So

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<v Speaker 1>completely removing humans from the equation, taking out emotionality and

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<v Speaker 1>replacing it with hardcore rationality and the hardcore rationalities what

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<v Speaker 1>you want in the face of a collision. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>not just breaking for you. Some some cars will be

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<v Speaker 1>steering out of the way for you, and the the

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<v Speaker 1>the injury proof car most likely will be so set

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<v Speaker 1>with sensors it will be aware of everything that's going

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<v Speaker 1>on around it and ahead of it and behind it.

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<v Speaker 1>And um so in the future, when you have to

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<v Speaker 1>swerve one way or another in the face of a collision,

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<v Speaker 1>your car may say, okay, well, we've got a baby

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<v Speaker 1>in a stroller being pushed by a mom to the

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<v Speaker 1>right and a squirrel the left, and the car will

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<v Speaker 1>swerve to the left and goodbye squirrel. So there's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more information on this in the article I wrote

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<v Speaker 1>in Candice edited Can a car Really be Death Proof?

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