Another Intelligence Test
Here's a test to see if people can think rationally:
Q: When is a vehicle most likely to stall out?
A: When it's starting out from a dead stop; or
B: When traveling at a constant speed.
If you answered A, you can obviously think rationally (up to a point) and know something about vehicles, to boot.
So.... on to the second question.
Given that A is the correct answer to our first question, why is it then that busses (and some other vehicles) come to a stop before crossing railroad tracks?
I just love raising this question and then sitting back and watching people tie themselves up in knots trying to rationalize this silly practice.
posted by Jahn @ 10:57
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I knew there was a reason I liked you.
Because the bureaucrats who passed that particular law (in a knee-jerk bit of legislation reacting to a train/bus accident) don't know as much about cars as the average person, they only knew that passing that law would serve as a selling point to garner voter support in the next election.
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