Content tagged with “safety” under “The Interesting List”

“ In Africa, automakers are held to much lower crash test standards, so they make cheaper cars. This test shows an African version of a Nissan truck crashing into a European version. ”

“ There are five rules that govern our thinking about the risk of certain situations or activities. They cause us to dramatically over- and under- estimate risk. ”

“ Footage from a communications tower during a forest fire. You can see how fast it spreads, and at the very end of the video, you can actually see the camera lens and housing melt before the feed cuts out. ”

“ A factual explanation of why helicopters crash more often than planes. ”

“ Road barriers have been refined over decades of testing, trial, and error. There’s a lot more complication involved in their design than you might think. ”

“ A haunting cartoon short about the crash at Le Mans in 1955 that left at least 80 people dead, and Mercedes’s ensuing decision to withdraw from the race. ”

“ In 2004, two pilots tried to push an empty airliner to its performance limits. It did not end well. ”

“ The Prague city hall has a style of elevator which is superior to traditional elevators in many ways…but also inferior because it might kill or maim you. ”

“ The least safe car sold in the United States is a whole lot safer than the least safe car sold in Mexico. This is very apparent when you run one into the other. ”

“ The process of ejecting from a fighter plane is far more intricate than you would think. More violent, too. ”

“ A deeply uncomfortable truth is that many commercial aircraft are poorly maintained and pilots depend so much on automation that they simply don’t know what to do when something unexpected happens. ”

“ In 2017, a California dam almost failed over the course of several harrowing weeks. ”

“ Due to a change in investigative policy, it’s become much easier to determine the root cause of air incidents. The key was to not try and blame anyone. ”